{"id":17173,"date":"2016-09-25T09:14:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T13:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=17173"},"modified":"2016-09-25T09:14:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T13:14:43","slug":"a-cheap-diamond-that-still-looks-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/a-cheap-diamond-that-still-looks-good\/","title":{"rendered":"A CHEAP DIAMOND THAT STILL LOOKS GOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/A-Cheap-1-Carat-Diamond-That-Still-Looks-Good.gif\" alt=\"a cheap 1 carat diamond that still looks good\" title=\"a cheap 1 carat diamond that still looks good\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17174\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Cheap?<\/h2>\n<p>\nYep! For a 1 carat, <strong>it&#8217;s DIRT CHEAP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd by that, I mean <strong>$2520<\/strong>&#8230; Not entirely <strong>CHEAP<\/strong>, but for a stone that size, <strong>YES, it&#8217;s a low price!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nBut what makes this stone stand out, is not the price, <strong>it&#8217;s what the diamond looks like<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>Because the quality is LOW&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nLow in just about every aspect, but yet, <strong>the diamond still looks good and sparkles!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Which is Amazing!<\/h2>\n<p>\nI went on a search for <strong>a low quality stone<\/strong>, bent on showing you <strong>what you SHOULD NOT BUY<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>And what I found, impressed me.<\/h2>\n<p>\nFor it&#8217;s an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.00-carat-k-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-1814689\">I clarity diamond<\/a>, <strong>the lowest category there is<\/strong>, but it&#8217;s not full of <strong>huge black spots<\/strong> (which I was so expecting and which is very normal in <strong>I clarity diamonds<\/strong>)&#8230; No, this diamond has many <strong>white inclusions<\/strong> that tend to <strong>blend in<\/strong> with the diamond. Even 10x magnified (with a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005MZ7BQY\/?tag=jewelry-secrets-20\">Microscope<\/a> or a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00EXPWU8S\/?tag=jewelry-secrets-20\">10x Jeweler&#8217;s Loupe<\/a>), as you&#8217;ll see below, they still don&#8217;t stand out much. And without magnification, <strong>they&#8217;d all but disappear<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>See this <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.00-carat-k-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-1814689\">1.00 Carat Diamond below:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.00-carat-k-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-1814689\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/A-Cheap-1-Carat-Diamond-That-Still-Looks-Good.jpg\" alt=\"a cheap 1 carat diamond that still looks good\" title=\"a cheap 1 carat diamond that still looks good\" width=\"640\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/A-Cheap-1-Carat-Diamond-That-Still-Looks-Good.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/A-Cheap-1-Carat-Diamond-That-Still-Looks-Good-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>But that&#8217;s not all&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nNot only does it <strong>rate low in clarity<\/strong>, but the <strong>color is K<\/strong>&#8230; It&#8217;s <strong>a low color<\/strong>. Practically yellow&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\nAnd the funny thing is, <strong>it doesn&#8217;t appear yellow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>This diamond&#8217;s got a lot of BLING!<\/h2>\n<p>\nWhich is crazy, because <strong>the cut is only &#8220;GOOD&#8221;<\/strong>&#8230; Not &#8220;Very Good&#8221;, or &#8220;Excellent&#8221;&#8230; <strong>Just GOOD!<\/strong> Middle of the road. The Polish is &#8220;<strong>Very Good<\/strong>&#8220;, but the Symmetry is &#8220;<strong>Good<\/strong>&#8220;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>AND&#8230; AND&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis diamond has <strong>a Medium Blue Fluorescence<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>And it still looks GOOD!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Good with tons of sparkles!<\/h2>\n<p>\nIt really is hard to believe, but it just goes to show you that <strong>you can&#8217;t judge a stone by the grades only<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>YOU HAVE TO VIEW THE DIAMOND!<\/h2>\n<p>\nFor each and every stone is <strong>unique unto nature<\/strong>. Everyone will face up different and <strong>react with light differently<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nSome stones, no matter what the quality is, <strong>just look better<\/strong>. And they can even look better than <strong>much higher quality stones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>This is a great diamond<\/strong>, for it&#8217;s a big stone, <strong>1.00 carat<\/strong> on the dot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>And the price is right!<\/h2>\n<p>\nSeriously, for <strong>$2520<\/strong>, you can&#8217;t go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\nYou get a big stone, <strong>save tons of money<\/strong>, and have a diamond that will look just as good as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?CaratFrom=0.7&#038;CaratTo=&#038;Color=K,J,I,H,G,F,E,D&#038;PriceFrom=6000&#038;PriceTo=9999000&#038;ViewsOptions=Images&#038;advancedParameter=PriceSliderBottom\">ones selling for $6,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nPop this diamond into a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/halo\/\">halo mounting<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/pave\/\">pave mounting<\/a>, and you have yourself <strong>one heck of an engagement ring!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.00-carat-k-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-1814689\">Grab this 1.00 Carat Diamond NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>It won&#8217;t last long!<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cheap? Yep! For a 1 carat, it&#8217;s DIRT CHEAP! And by that, I mean $2520&#8230; Not entirely CHEAP, but for a stone that size, YES, it&#8217;s a low price! But what makes this stone stand <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/a-cheap-diamond-that-still-looks-good\/\" title=\"A CHEAP DIAMOND THAT STILL LOOKS GOOD\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,7,6,15,29,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carat-weight","category-certification","category-clarity","category-color","category-deals","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}