What are some things to look for in a quality engagement ring or more specifically the diamond?

Answer 1

Actually, there are FOUR C's. Cut, color, clarity and carat.

There are many different ways a diamond is cut. The round, or brilliant is the most popular. Pear, marquise oval, emerald or heart, these are but a few. I've even seen horse head shapes done. What's her favorite?

When we refer to a diamond being white, we are actually describing it's lack of body color. A color grade of D is actually at the top end of the scale. A color grade of G to H is usually where you can begin to detect a trace of body color depending on the light you are under at the time. Although white diamonds are the most popular, checking out a fancy color while in the shopping mode could be worth your time.

Clarity refers to imperfections in or on the stone itself. The scale for gem quality ranges from the high end of flawless (F) to heavily included (I3). When completed my studies with GIA, a diamond could be called "eye-clean" if it had no visible imperfections when observed by the naked eye. This grade was SI2. In the last several years, grading standards have relaxed a little. There is a complete scale available at the link below.

Carat is just what you might think. The size of the stone. You might hear "point size" referred to occasionally when discussing carat size. This is the easy part...there are 100 points in a carat. A ten point diamond is 1/10 of a carat. A 50 pointer is a half carat. There are acceptable ranges for each fraction. It's good to know this when a jeweler refers to a stone as being "one carat." The one carat range can be anywhere from 96 to 104 points. Note here: if the stone is 103 points, the jeweler will probably not call it a one-carat stone. More to that than what you thought I'll bet.

A popular thing I frequently recommended was to purchase the stone, have it set in a solitaire (tiffany) mounting, and let her pick out the final mounting design.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Colour, clarity, carat and cut - the 4 C's to consider when buying diamonds.

If you go for a 2 carat, u might get a decent price BUT be aware that the quality might not be that great. Good quality diamonds have little inclusions (good clarity) AND good cut.

If it's quality you are going for, ask that the diamond be certified by a reputable certirfication lab and check your spec against what they have at www.diamondsource.co.za so you know if you're paying a good price. I'm South African and diamonds are a huge industry here.

Also, be aware that you may not be getting a good quality natural diamond (those are very expensive). What jewellers do (mostly in the USA) is they get ordinary diamonds with lots of inclusions and use lasers to reduce the inclusions.

Answer 3

Sorry but cant work out if your male or female!
If its for a woman, then make sure that the diamond looks secure enough to stay in forever usually helps and if its for a man get a titanium ring with an inset diamond, itll last forever.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Take a look at the 4 C's. Cut. Clarity, Color and Carat. Cut is more than just the shape.

Make sure it is certified, GIA is one of the better certificates.

For engagement ring platinum is better than gold, gold is softer and the last thing you want is to lose your diamond because on of the prongs bent. Some people prefer a tiffany style setting, it has 6 prongs instead of 4.

Answer 5

In the simplest of terms, you want a diamond the wearer can be proud of...make sure it is "eye clean". Make sure it sparkles and doesnt look cloudy.

The 4 Cs can be confusing, but www.bluenile.com has an excellent diamond education section.

Good luck!

Answer 6

Sorry, but I'm going to assume your a man and say make sure you know your woman. I for one do NOT like marquis diamonds. The ones shaped like a stretched out oval. Also remember the 3 c's color, cut, and clarity. Happy hunting and Good Luck!

Answer 7

First of all you want to look at it against a black back ground and then against a white background, against black it is easier to see any flaws, against white it is easier to check for color. You want to get a diamond with the least color for your price range. Ask to see it with a loupe, you can look to see if it has internal flaws, internal flaws are okay as long as they do not distract from the beauty of the diamond. If flaws are visible to the naked eye, you don't want it. Then you want to look at the cut of the diamond it should be uniform and should disperse light (fire)evenly. One of the bast ways is to get a certified. diamond and buy from a reputable dealer. Best of Luck

Answer 8

you are able to attempt community jewlers yet do no longer knock down on places like jarreds....he might get alot extra bang for his dollar. frequently circumstances i think of human beings get to hung up on the readability of the stone after a certant factor you wont observe the diffrence with no 10x lupe! I relatively have helped some pals %. out stones in the previous and what it tell them is decrease and shade...those are 2 issues that are relatively going to impression your ring...after an SI2-3 you particularly are no longer likely to be waiting to observe inclusions with the bare eye..yet you will pay alot extra funds..and not get the return on it.

Answer 9

the three C's ...cut, colour and clarity.

Then you look at the karats ...how much you can spend and how the diamond is set in to the metal.

dont go with anything to fancy or tastless...clean and beautiful is good since its her engament ring and she will wear it will everything so it has to be classic. Keep the receipt juuuust in case.

Answer 10

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