Discount Diamond Jewelry

If you're a first-time buyer, shopping for discount diamond jewelry can be a little intimidating. So we asked for some tips on what to look for before making the big investment. She says that to determine discount diamond jewelry value, you must understand the four C's: cut, color, carat weight and clarity:

Cut The most important of the four C's, it refers to a diamond's angles and proportions. It also refers to the number of facets, or flat surfaces, on a diamond. Well-cut discount diamond jewelry reflects light from one facet to another, and from the top of the stone.

Color Diamonds are ranked in color on a scale determined by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) from D (colorless) to Z (yellowish). Icy-white diamonds, ranked from D to J, look best in white gold or platinum settings. Discount diamond jewelry in the K to Z range look better set in yellow gold.

Carat This term actually refers to the diamond's weight, not its size. A carat is broken down into 100 points: A diamond that is .75 carat is equal to 75 points. One carat equals 200 milligrams. Larger discount diamond jewelry are more difficult to find, and tend to cost more.

Clarity Imperfections that interfere with the passage of light through a diamond will lessen its value. These include clouds, spots, lines and bubbles. The GIA scale for clarity ranges from flawless (FL or IF) to imperfect (I).

Hot Rocks

Discount diamond jewelry come in practically every color. Some of the most famous: the Blue Hope, Green Dresden, Yellow Tiffany and Pink Agra. Naturally colored diamonds are rarer than their colorless counterparts. One in every 10,000 discount diamond jewelry under a carat is colored, For a carat or larger, the ratio is one colored for every million colorless.

4 Popular Settings

The prong, or claw setting, consists of three, four or six tiny pieces of metal that hold the diamond in place. The bezel setting has a band of metal surrounding the gem to hold it. With a channel setting, often used for anniversary bands, metal encases a number of discount diamond jewelry. A bar setting is similar to the channel but includes thin bars between the stones.

Top 7 Shapes

The most popular discount diamond jewelry shape is round. In fact, more than 75 percent of diamonds sold are round. Perhaps this is because there's a great deal of brilliance to the round cut. The other favorites are the marquis, emerald, princess, pear, oval and heart shapes.

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