{"id":22929,"date":"2018-03-21T09:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=22929"},"modified":"2018-03-21T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T13:06:17","slug":"now-this-is-one-dark-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/now-this-is-one-dark-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"NOW THIS IS ONE DARK DIAMOND!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Now-This-Is-One-Dark-Highly-Included-I1-Diamond.gif\" alt=\"Now This Is One Dark Highly Included I1 Diamond\" title=\"Now This Is One Dark Highly Included I1 Diamond\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22934\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>WOW!<\/h2>\n<p>\nJust <strong>WOW!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve seen some <strong>dark included diamonds<\/strong> in my time, but this diamond <strong>takes the cake<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s so dark and black and filled with inclusions, that it almost resembles a <strong>fancy black diamond<\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Look at this&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/hq105ft1zt0GJONOPJMGIKHMKOIL?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdesign.kay-diamonds.com%2Fdesign-a-ring%2Fdiamond-detail%2Fdiam4568928%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/This-Is-One-Dark-Included-Diamond.jpg\" alt=\"This Is One Dark Included Diamond\" title=\"This Is One Dark Included Diamond\" width=\"640\" height=\"662\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/This-Is-One-Dark-Included-Diamond.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/This-Is-One-Dark-Included-Diamond-97x100.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/This-Is-One-Dark-Included-Diamond-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/hq105ft1zt0GJONOPJMGIKHMKOIL?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdesign.kay-diamonds.com%2Fdesign-a-ring%2Fdiamond-detail%2Fdiam4568928%2F\">it&#8217;s $7,399.99!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>That&#8217;s Crazy!<\/h2>\n<p>\nFor an I1 clarity diamond (meaning, <strong>it could still be worse<\/strong>), with an F color (actually <strong>pure white<\/strong>, a nice color), with a huge carat weight (<strong>1.21 carats<\/strong>)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>But the cut is not great&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s graded &#8220;<strong>GOOD<\/strong>&#8220;, and graded by <strong>IGI<\/strong> (so that &#8220;<strong>GOOD<\/strong>&#8221; grade is <strong>questionable<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>\nThe only thing keeping the price so high, is <strong>the carat weight and the color<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Why would anyone buy such a hideous stone?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>That I don&#8217;t know<\/strong>. I have a feeling <strong>it will never sell<\/strong> (unless the price is <strong>cut in half<\/strong>, and even then???).<\/p>\n<p>\nEspecially when you <strong>compare 1.20 carats<\/strong>, I1 clarity, pure white to other stones&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Better-Quality-Loose-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"Better Quality Loose Diamonds\" title=\"Better Quality Loose Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Better-Quality-Loose-Diamonds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Better-Quality-Loose-Diamonds-88x100.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Better-Quality-Loose-Diamonds-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThese two diamonds are <strong>pretty much the same quality<\/strong>, better looking, and for <strong>wayyyyyy less money<\/strong> than Kays:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td  style=\"background-color:#87c1fc\" valign=\"top\"><strong>CARAT, CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, POL, SYM, FLUOR<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#87c1fc\" valign=\"top\"><strong>PRICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#87c1fc\" valign=\"top\"><strong>VIEW<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>1.22, I1, F, EXCELLENT, VG, VG, STRONG<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$4,360<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.22-carat-f-color-i1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-3460187?a_aid=JSDG\">VIEW<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#cbe3ff\" valign=\"top\"><strong>1.21, I1, F, EX, EX, EX, FAINT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#cbe3ff\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$5,150<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#cbe3ff\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.21-carat-f-color-i1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-4426673?a_aid=JSDG\">VIEW<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Plus, they&#8217;re <strong>graded by GIA <\/strong>(the best there is).<\/p>\n<p>\nThe comparison is so extreme, that you would believe you were <strong>comparing a black diamond<\/strong> against <strong>a white diamond<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>As seen here&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dark-Highly-Included-Diamond-Bad-Make.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Highly Included Diamond Bad Make\" title=\"Dark Highly Included Diamond Bad Make\" width=\"640\" height=\"662\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dark-Highly-Included-Diamond-Bad-Make.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dark-Highly-Included-Diamond-Bad-Make-97x100.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dark-Highly-Included-Diamond-Bad-Make-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re looking to <strong>spend $7,400<\/strong> for a diamond, shop around. <strong>Check out James Allen<\/strong> (their prices are <strong>the lowest online<\/strong>)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nFor <strong>$7,400<\/strong> could get you a diamond like this:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.25-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-4263575?a_aid=JSDG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Buy-This-SI1-G-Diamond-Instead.jpg\" alt=\"Buy This SI1 G Diamond Instead\" title=\"Buy This SI1 G Diamond Instead\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Buy-This-SI1-G-Diamond-Instead.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Buy-This-SI1-G-Diamond-Instead-100x59.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Buy-This-SI1-G-Diamond-Instead-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.25-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-4263575?a_aid=JSDG\">SI1, G, 1.25 Carats, with Triple Excellence Cut, and Zero Fluorescence!<\/a> A beautiful stone that will <strong>sell ultra-fast<\/strong> (good quality diamonds always do).<\/p>\n<p>\nThe difference really is <strong>day and night<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Difference-Between-These-Diamonds-Is-Day-And-Night.jpg\" alt=\"The Difference Between These Diamonds Is Day And Night\" title=\"The Difference Between These Diamonds Is Day And Night\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Difference-Between-These-Diamonds-Is-Day-And-Night.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Difference-Between-These-Diamonds-Is-Day-And-Night-100x59.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Difference-Between-These-Diamonds-Is-Day-And-Night-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/all-diamonds\/?CaratFrom=1.2&#038;CaratTo=30&#038;Color=F,E,D&#038;Clarity=SI2,SI1&#038;Cut=Ideal,Excellent,TrueHearts&#038;PriceFrom=&#038;PriceTo=&#038;ViewsOptions=Images&#038;advancedParameter=CaratSliderBottom?a_aid=JSDG\">See more great quality diamonds here at James Allen!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WOW! Just WOW! I&#8217;ve seen some dark included diamonds in my time, but this diamond takes the cake. It&#8217;s so dark and black and filled with inclusions, that it almost resembles a fancy black diamond <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/now-this-is-one-dark-diamond\/\" title=\"NOW THIS IS ONE DARK DIAMOND!\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,7,6,5,29,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carat-weight","category-certification","category-clarity","category-color","category-cut","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929"}],"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=22929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}