A 2 CARAT DIAMOND FOR THE SAME PRICE AS A 1 CARAT DIAMOND

SAME PRICE, DOUBLE THE DIAMOND CARAT WEIGHT!!!

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Richard Scott

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Same price?

Seriously!

The trick is knowing how to effectively adjust the quality of a diamond, to equal the same price…

It’s true, you really can get a 2 carat diamond for the same price as a 1 carat.

Let me show you how:

First off, to be able to double the carat weight, you’ll need to switch shapes. All the other shapes of diamond (other then the round) are cheaper (some cuts by 30-40%). So instantly looking at princess cuts, or asscher cuts, or cushion cuts, will drop the price quickly.

Below are two diamonds, the same price, one is a princess cut, the other a round.

Compare prices:

CARAT, CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, POL, SYM, FLUOR	PRICE	VIEW
1.01, VVS1, G, EX, EX, EX, MEDIUM	$7,930	VIEW
2.01, SI1, J, PR, VG, VG, STRONG	$7,900	VIEW

(Prices were good at the time of this post.)

Now, as you can see, these two diamonds are not the same color (you have to cut somewhere). One is G, the other J (but they are still Near Colorless diamonds, and as seen above, they still appear similar).

Clarity is another difference too; one is VVS1 (top of the line), and the other SI1 (a more common clarity). Both stones are what they call “eye-clean” and you can only see the flaws and inclusions under a microscope (as seen in the photo).

Both stones are GIA certified, both have fluorescence, but the round stone is cut much finer (True Hearts). So the round diamond will have more sparkle, but the princess cut will blow it away with size (princess cuts look way bigger than round diamonds as it is, let alone double the carat weight).