Understanding Diamond Prices
Before you purchase a diamond, it is important to understand exactly how diamonds are priced. There are a number of factors that influence a diamond’s price and once you are familiar with them, you will be able to get a general idea of what a “good price” for a certain diamond really is. GIA Certification In order to fully understand what a diamond is worth and what a reasonable wholesale price should be, you should make sure that the diamond comes with reliable certification from a reputable lab, such as GIA. The certificate will include vital information, such as shape, carat weight, color, clarity, proportions and more. Market Demand Certain diamond shapes are more expensive than others regardless of their color or carat weight. The same goes for colors. This can happen because some shapes are harder to create that others and some colors are rarer, but it can also be directly influenced by market demand. If a certain diamond shape is more popular, its demand will be higher and the price will rise. The 4 Cs Carat Weight Diamonds are priced per carat weight. The price of a diamond is not proportionate to the weight, meaning that a 0.5 carat diamond will not be half the price of a 1 carat diamond. The price increases exponentially at certain weights, with jumps mostly at 0.5, 0.75, and 1 carats. Diamonds of different weights can have the same size and appear the same, so purchasing a diamond just under 1 carat can save a buyer a lot of money while still being suitable for the buyer’s needs. Cut and Shape The cut of a diamond greatly influences how much light enters the diamond, meaning a well-cut diamond will be more brilliant and will have greater shine and, thus, a higher price. It is important to understand that the cut is not the shape, it is the quality of faceting done. However, the shape is also important as certain shapes are more expensive due to demand, like the round diamond. Color The color of a diamond can greatly influence the price. This is not only due to market demand, but is also because certain colors are rarer than others. Clarity The clarity scale of a diamond measures the severity of any imperfections. The better the clarity grade, the higher the diamond’s price will be. Online Tools For new diamond buyers, there are many online tools, such as diamond price calculators, that can help you get a better idea of how a specific diamond should be priced. You can also look at the Rapaport Monthly Report for more information on diamond prices.
Why to buy an engagement rings from Moti Israeli Diamonds?
One of the positive and convenient things that technology entered into our lives is the websites where you can buy diamonds and diamond jewelries. Why is it actually worthwhile to buy diamonds and engagement rings through the internet, and why did this become more and more popular? What causes many people to choose to buy through the internet is the low prices. The prices in the internet are cheaper because in the internet you can save the brokerage commissions. When you buy diamond jewelries at Moti Israeli Diamonds this money you save can sum up to a discount of 100% on the jewelries. What you should do to get an engagement ring from Moti Israeli Diamonds? Instead of physically wandering between the jewelry stores: Moti Israeli was originally the manufacturer of diamonds. This is a veteran company that has been a member of the Israel Diamond Exchange for about 40 years, and in order to prepare the jewel or the engagement ring it is assisted by professional jewel manufacturers that their workshops are near the company’s office in Israel. Moti Israeli provides for every jewel with diamonds an American certificate of the world’s most famous gemological institute, which is called GIA. GIA gemological certificate assures a number of things: Thousands of customers from around the world are evidence as to the satisfaction from the service and the price they received from Moti Israeli Diamonds. Contact us now to get free advice on your new diamond engagement ring.
A guide for buying a polished diamond
Diamond Grading At least once in life, when the time comes to buy a diamond engagement ring, when you start entering a few jewelry stores or go on to diamond websites, only then you realize that it is not easy at all. There is a huge selection of diamonds size, many shapes, many colors with strange grade names you have probably never heard before, clarities of the diamond which you probably don’t understand if it is important or not, and of course, at the end, each diamond has a different price. You might happen to see the same shape, size, color and clarity diamond in two different stores, but the prices are not the same… This alone can confuse you when you are planning to make an investment which will stay with you for many years. Yes, I agree, buying a diamond is not very easy, even veteran diamond wholesalers sometimes have difficulties deciding between two similar stones. For these reasons, I decided to write this diamond-buying guide, which you can review prior to buying a diamond. Hopefully, it will help you choose the most suitable diamond and save you some money on your shopping spree. Because most diamonds look almost the same to people who are not from the diamond industry, the diamond grading system is intended to help understand the diamonds’ price differences. What is diamonds grading? In the 1940s, the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) established the “4 C’s” and the International Diamond Grading System- a worldwide standard for evaluating a diamond’s quality. The diamonds industry adapted the 4 C’s as the primary grading of polished diamonds, and those 4 C’s are the universal language for anyone who wants to describe the quality of a diamond. The 4 C’s are Carat (weight), Color, Cut and clarity. In the large diamond industry, who has the authority to decide what the value of each of the 4 C’s parameters is? The answer is – the Gemological Institutes are the authority, or should I say the gemological laboratories for grading polished diamonds. Gemological Institutes The gemological laboratories are those who judge each diamond, they do the job objectively and they do it for you. The most common known diamond grading laboratories are: Diamond wholesalers and retailers from different parts of the world adopted a different diamond-grading laboratory. For example, in the USA, the GIA is the most popular diamond-grading laboratory, in Europe, jewelry stores prefer the HRD and IGI, and in the Far East, jewelry stores sell using their own certificates or those of IGI and GIA. A new problem arose when professional traders noticed a different grading for the same polished diamond among the different laboratories. Which is the most professional institute we can rely on? I would say, with my 40 years’ experience that the GIA is the most accurate and reliable institute, and I have always recommend my customers from all over the world to purchase polished diamonds only with the attached GIA Certificate. Please look at a short video clip made by the GIA https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXdPlZPI9qM?rel=0We can now move on to learn the meaning of the 4 C’s. What are the 4 Cs of a loose polished diamond? Carat A diamond’s carat refers to the weight of the stone. 1 carat is equivalent to 0.2 grams The weight of a diamond is a very important parameter when it comes toknowing its total price. Diamonds are always priced per carat. Color The color of a diamond is graded with alphabetical letter (D to Z) D is for the best and most lucid color and Z is for the lowest (yellow or brown). Please note that the color of a diamond can be lower than Z, but those stones are called fancy colored diamonds to which I will refer in a difference paragraph. I regard D to F graded diamonds as colorless. Cut Cut is a mark the diamond laboratories give according to the geometrical data of the stone, like the numbers of facets, the table and the total depth size in percentages, the angels of the facets, whether the diamond is perfectly rounded and how much the diamond sparkles (reflects the light back to your eyes). The diamonds laboratories use the scale of Fair (the lowest grade), Good, Very Good and Excellent (the highest grade for Cut). This scale grading mark by the diamond laboratories is also given to the polished facets and the symmetry of the diamond. Please note that fancy shaped diamonds do not have the cut grading written on the certificate. Clarity A diamond clarity grade refers to the inclusion in the diamond (black inclusion, white inclusion, cloud, and feather). The clarity scale goes from: FL (flawless), IF, VVS1, VVS2, VS1, VS2, SI1, SI2, I1, I2. Very few laboratories include the grades SI3 and I3 in their reports as well. Now that you understand the meaning of the 4 C’s you will find that it is not enough to just know the diamond language, if you still want to buy yourself a loose polished diamond in the worldwide diamond market. Always stick to your budget. Obviously before shopping for an engagement diamond ring you must think of a certain budget, otherwise you might get confused – there are small diamonds, there are big ones, there are diamonds of high color and of low color, there are clean diamonds and there are diamonds of low clarity, and of course – there is the combination of all these various parameters… Which parameter is the most important? After all, we are talking about your money, and with the same budget you can buy a one carat F VS2 or a one carat G VS1 (one lower grade color as opposed to one higher grade clarity). For the same budget, you can buy a small diamond with a high color grade, or big diamond with a lower color grade… You can play with the combinations of Carat, Color and Clarity, but when it comes to the diamond Cut, the
How does the shape of the diamond influence its price?
How does the shape of the diamond influence its price?When you intend to buy a diamond ring or another diamond jewel, you may discover that the price of the diamond changes according to the characteristics of the diamond. Sometimes it changes so much, that a diamond jewel, which is embedded with a large diamond that is of a lesser quality, will be sold at a cheaper price than diamond jewels that the diamonds that are embedded in them are smaller but of a higher quality. The price of the diamond is determined by different variables that refer to its quality, like the four Cs (cut, color, clarity and carat weight). The price of the diamond is also influenced by its shape and by the quality of its polishing, because this shows us how much of the diamond’s raw material was lost in the polishing. How does the shape of the diamond influence its price and how do these differences influence the prices of the diamonds that are presented in the jewelry stores? The first thing that is important to know- how do you choose a diamond at a price that is 25% less than what you expected to pay for the diamond The most common shape for cutting a diamond is the round shape, which is also called a brilliant cut. In this form of cutting, about 58 facets in the diamond serve as tiny prisms that supply a unique and spectacular shine for every diamond that is embedded in an engagement ring, as well as in diamond earrings and in every other jewel in which, the typical glitter plays an important role in the diamond you will choose. It is important that you know that diamonds in other shapes, which are called fancy, are 25% cheaper than the round-shaped diamond. The other forms of cutting are the oval (elliptic) cut, the square cut (called princess), the heart-shaped diamond and the cushion-shaped diamond. If you purchase a diamond from the large variety of diamonds that belong to the fancy family, you can buy a large, shining and exquisite diamond for a much cheaper price. The proportions are the most important thing- a perfect glitter and an incomparable lookSometimes, the answer to the question how you choose a diamond is an intuitive one. The connection to the diamond derives from its allure, which not only reflects our personal preferences, but also the identification of the right proportions of the diamond. And in fact, in every shape of a diamond it is important to pay attention to the exact proportions between the length and the width of the diamond, as well as to the sizes of the facets and to the form of the cutting that will allow the reflection of the outmost bright light and shining according to the characteristics of the diamond. These are matters that the diamond polishers are highly meticulous about them, even when it comes to the smallest details- and these matters influence the quality of the diamond, and therefore they also influence its price. The indexes of quality and determining the price of the diamondDiamonds are a natural treasure, and there are no two identical diamonds in the world. If the diamond you choose is larger and of a higher quality, then it will be rarer, and it will receive a higher price according to its characteristics, according to the gemological certificate that was provided for it, and according to its shape, its clarity and etc. Only diamantaires and professional jewelry shops that supply a known gemological certificate will offer you fair prices for jewels that are embedded with diamonds that their quality is clear and undoubted.
The diamond market is advancing into the online realms
The diamond trade is time-honored practice, and in the past whoever wanted to purchase a diamond had to meet the seller (or his agents) in person, and then he was given the opportunity to examine the diamond that was offered for sale in a non-technological and uncertain manner, when only knowledge and experience guaranteed then that the transaction will be completed successfully.Can you purchase a diamonds online?The short answer is – absolutely!Purchasing a diamond is a festive and joyful event. When the diamond is intended for an engagement ring or an impressive jewel you need to verify that the designated diamond will suit the event, the jewel, the expectations and the budget.The main advantage of purchasing a diamond on the internet is the enormous supply that is then offered to us and the ability to compare diamonds from around the world without the vast effort of having to physically run between the stores.If you act correctly, you can use the internet platform in order to find and buy the proper diamond at an affordable price. Let us emphasize that purchasing a diamond online needs to be done wisely and carefully in order that we will truly purchase what we’re expecting and we won’t fall into a scam.The purchasing of a diamond online is suited for people who can delve into matters and enjoy the need to expand their knowledge in order to successfully cope with the challenge of tracing the perfect stone and purchasing it at the best terms.It’s worth mentioning that “the best terms” doesn’t refer only to the price but to a set of variables, which include the credibility of the seller, true figures that attest to the traits of the diamond we chose, the reliability of the gemological laboratory that supplies the certificate and the manner of payment.The Four Famous Parameters are still the Heart of the Matter:Everybody who is interested in purchasing a diamond needs to know the four parameters that are called: The 4C’s (which stand for Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut). If you’re interested in making the most from the process of purchasing a diamond then look in the internet for these parameters in order that you’ll be able to understand the specification that will be presented to you in regards to every diamond that’s offerred for sale.A Gemological CertificateEven if you could hold the diamond and look at it through a loupe (the diamantaire’s magnifying glass that increases the diamond times 10) it is doubtful whether you can determine that the diamond is worth the price the seller is asking for. That’s why it is recommended not to purchase, either online or otherwise, a diamond that weighs 0.30 carats or more without receiving a certificate that the diamond passed a gemological examination by an acknowledged, independent and unbiased team of experts (meaning that aren’t on behalf of the seller). There are a number of acknowledged gemological institutes that supply such certificates.It’s very important to know, and the certificate will of course mention this, whether the diamond is natural (and it wasn’t produced in a laboratory), and whether it underwent such treatments as drilling or heating under pressure in order to improve its natural traits (color and clarity) while lowering its price.If you’re interested in purchasing a diamond online then dedicate the time to learn about the 4C’s, about the treatments that are done today in natural diamonds and about how to know whether the diamond you’re buying is a natural one and not laboratory-made.Embark on an adventure that will end with purchasing a marvelous stone that is the hardest of all minerals. A unique stone that it took millions of years in order that it’ll be created in the depths of the earth.