Every diamond is graded on four things. Nature settled three of them long before anyone found the stone. The fourth is decided by a person. Change each one on this stone and see what you are really paying for.
Nature leaves a trace of yellow in most white diamonds. Graders judge it face down on white, beside master stones, from D to Z.
G, near colourless
A grader sees it beside a D. Once set, almost no one will. For many people, the best balance of beauty and value.
Almost every diamond grew around tiny crystals and feathers. A grader hunts for them at ten times.
VS2, very slight
Minor inclusions you see under magnification and never with your own eyes.
Carat is weight, not size. Most of the weight hides in the depth, so a stone twice as heavy is only about a quarter wider.
1.00 carat, 6.5 mm across
The size most people picture. Every other weight here is measured against it. Prices step up at round weights, so a stone just under one looks the same and can cost noticeably less.
The one a person decides: the angles that send light back to your eye. Cut too shallow or too deep, and the light leaks out of the bottom.
Excellent. 91% of the light comes back.
Light that enters comes back out of the top: bright, full of fire, an even pattern of sparkle.
A round diamond, 1.00 carat, G colour, VS2 clarity, excellent cut. Send it to me and I will find real stones like it, and show them to you on video.
Tell me what matters most to you, and I will show you real stones, on video, that balance the four Cs your way.
I am Harsh. And I tell the truth, cut, polished, and certified.
Harsh Sanghavi
Bharat Diamond Bourse, Mumbai
No charge and no obligation, whatever you decide.
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