Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Knowing your Diamonds


After the big and final decision of being engaged to be married soon, you obviously have to start thinking of buying those significantly imphttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifortant engagement rings and wedding rinhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifgs. If you have decided to get diamond rings for the wedding ring sets then you will have to learn a few things about diamond and rings. By selecting the diamond, you can have either have affordable wedding ring sets or expensive. Listed here are a few tips to help you in understanding how a diamond is priced so that you can select your diamond rings in accordance to your budget but take care of the liking of your loved one for the shape and size of the diamond and the design of the ring.

How to choose a diamond is a very important step to that needs be familiar with stone and ring quality. A diamond and its four C's are very important in understanding the pricing of a diamond. Cut, clarity, color, and carat are those four C's with each one having its grading system. Make sure that you are offered guarantee for the clarity and color of the diamond. The cut of the diamond influences its sparkle and perfection. The various cuts of diamond are round, oval, pear, heart, marquise, emerald, princess each one having it own its own importance in evenness and the glint. The clarity of the diamond ranges from "flawless" to "imperfect" labeled "FL" to heavily included "I-3". The color of the diamond can be anywhere from colorless, white to yellow that is from no color at all "D" to deeply colored "Z". Diamonds are also found in green, pink, blue, and red shades and are usually called fancy diamonds. Remember a difference of 10% or less in carat weight is exceedingly hard to notice visually but the price comes down drastically.