Many People are really confused when buying a diamond products, do not know what is the high quality measurement standard of diamonds? See diamond clarity, cut such professional terms do not understand, do not know what to do?
How to choose diamond jewelry? After reading the following 4C diamond knowledge, you will know how to buy diamond jewelry
What is Diamond 4C?
🔸 Carat
🔸 Clarity
🔸 Color
🔸 Cut
🔺 Diamonds are regardless of brand, the main factor that determines the price of diamonds is the 4C, and it has nothing to do with the origin.
The higher the quality of the diamond 4C, the larger the diamond, the whiter the color, the cleaner, the brighter the price will be higher!
1、Carat
One carat (CT) =0.2 grams =100 points
0.5CT=50 points
2️、Clarity
Clarity in the 4C is an evaluation of the amount, size, visibility, type, location and the degree of impact it has on the overall appearance of the diamond, which is examined under a professional 10x magnifying glass.
FL/IF: Flawless
VVS1/VVS2: Very minor defects
VS1/VS2: slight defect
SI1/SI2: Slight flaw
🔺 The above are the naked eye flawless level, SI1 is more cost-effective, daily wear SI and SI level above ok.
🔺 If you have sufficient budget or high quality requirements, you can choose VS/VVS level, daily wear is enough!
3️、Color
The diamond color scale indicates the degree to which a diamond is colorless to pale yellow, from D E F….. Z gets yellow as you go back, D is the best!H color is the watershed, H color below the beginning is visible to the naked eye yellows, generally recommended H color and H color above grade diamonds.
🔺Suggestion:The color can be intuitively seen, the diamond is also white for the United States, under the premise of sufficient budget, as far as possible to choose a high level of color diamonds.
4️、Cut
Whether a diamond is shiny or not, whether the fire color is good or not, the cut is the most important!
The diamond cut is divided into five grades: EXCELLENT (EX), VERY GOOD (VG), GOOD (G), FAIR（F） and POOR (P)
🔺 Suggestion: Diamond selection 3EX（The cut is excellent, the symmetry is excellent, the polishing is excellent）grade cut diamond, this is the perfect grade, diamond fire color is the best and most bright.
⚠️ Attention
- Choose a non-fluorescent non-milk coffee green diamond
- Choose the most authoritative GIA certificate in the world
Of course, the bigger and whiter the diamond, the better, but be sure to do your best and choose the one that suits you rather than the expensive one.
Hope to read this 4C guide friends, you can easily buy a good quality diamond!
