{"id":33325,"date":"2023-07-18T10:55:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=33325"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:55:23","slug":"visible-inclusions-in-an-si1-clarity-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/visible-inclusions-in-an-si1-clarity-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"VISIBLE INCLUSIONS IN AN SI1 CLARITY DIAMOND"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond.gif\" alt=\"VISIBLE INCLUSIONS IN AN SI1 CLARITY DIAMOND\" title=\"VISIBLE INCLUSIONS IN AN SI1 CLARITY DIAMOND\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33327\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Many people get a little confused with <strong>SI clarity diamonds<\/strong>. Some believe you can see inclusions in them, others say they are <strong>eye-clean<\/strong> and have no visible inclusions.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Which is correct?<\/h2>\n<p>\nWell&#8230; Both are, really.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd that&#8217;s because <strong>everybody&#8217;s vision is different<\/strong>. For most people, most inclusions in SI clarity stones are <strong>invisible<\/strong>, only seen under a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46RwW4t\">10x microscope<\/a>. And others, with <strong>bionic vision<\/strong>, can see flaws pretty clearly.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut there is also more than that. Because some SI diamonds, do have pretty obvious flaws, way more than others&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nFirst off, <strong>let&#8217;s define SI clarity<\/strong> and take a closer look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>SI clarity is 2 clarity ranges: SI1 and SI2<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SI1 Clarity: <\/strong>SI1 clarity is the better of the two grades. It&#8217;s at the higher end, right underneath VS2. SI clarity diamonds do have small flaws, but most <strong>fall outside of the table<\/strong>, where the imperfections are generally hidden under the crown facets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SI2 Clarity:<\/strong> SI2 diamonds can have more visible flaws that often <strong>gravitate more in the center of the stone<\/strong>, and are harder to spot with the eye (easy to see under a microscope), and usually pretty easy to see from a <strong>side view<\/strong> (looking through the base, or pavilion of the diamond).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nSo most people, with normal eyesight, won&#8217;t see the flaws in either stone looking at their ring.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut there are occasions in SI diamonds where the flaws do get big enough and are <strong>very easy to observe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Like this SI diamond below:<\/h2>\n<p>\nTake a peek at this diamond, <strong>you can&#8217;t miss that black carbon spot<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.00-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-18270700?a_aid=JSDG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond.jpg\" alt=\"VISIBLE INCLUSIONS IN AN SI1 CLARITY DIAMOND\" title=\"VISIBLE INCLUSIONS IN AN SI1 CLARITY DIAMOND\" width=\"640\" height=\"645\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond-148x148.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Visible-Inclusion-In-An-SI1-Clarity-Diamond-53x53.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Now here&#8217;s the crazier thing&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nThat diamond, which at first glance, would lead you to believe it&#8217;s an <strong>SI2<\/strong> quality&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>But it&#8217;s not&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>It&#8217;s an SI1 clarity diamond!<\/h2>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.00-carat-g-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-18270700?a_aid=JSDG\">View this diamond here at James Allen.<\/a><br \/>\nAlmost shocking. I mean, look at <strong>the size and placement<\/strong> of that flaw.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut there is something that needs to be noted here, especially when viewing diamonds online&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>That diamond you see it magnified 10 times<\/strong>. Meaning, that&#8217;s what you would see under a microscope.<\/p>\n<p>\nUnder a microscope, <strong>all inclusions show up<\/strong>, even in much much cleaner diamonds, and even in internally flawless stones.<\/p>\n<p>\nGranted, this SI1 is an exception, it does have <strong>one big identifying mark<\/strong>, but look at the rest of the diamond; almost perfect.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>So there is a balance here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nBut the real test is viewing that stone <strong>under normal conditions<\/strong>, with you eye, at hand length.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Take a view of that SI1 diamond now&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SI1-Visible-Inclusions.jpg\" alt=\"SI1 diamond with visible flaws\" title=\"SI1 diamond with visible flaws\" width=\"640\" height=\"645\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SI1-Visible-Inclusions.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SI1-Visible-Inclusions-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SI1-Visible-Inclusions-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SI1-Visible-Inclusions-148x148.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SI1-Visible-Inclusions-53x53.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Now the diamond looks totally different<\/strong>. Sure if you get super close to the stone, and really tilt it in the light at just the right angle, you might just catch a glimpse of that dark spot. <strong>But who does that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>SI is the clarity that divides visible flaws<\/h2>\n<p>\nDiamonds below the SI clarity range are what they call <strong>Imperfect<\/strong>. These are I1, I2, and I3 clarity grades. They DO have pretty obvious imperfections in them. That&#8217;s why they are called imperfect, and always why <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/all-diamonds\/?Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=I1&#038;RingMatchID=22606?a_aid=JSDG\">you can get great deals on them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nDiamonds higher than the SI range are in the VS range. These have very small inclusions, and 99.9% of the time, <strong>all the flaws are always hidden<\/strong>, unless you magnify them. And even then, they may be quite difficult to spot.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>SI is the best range to get a clean diamond<\/strong>, and still stay <strong>affordable<\/strong>. That&#8217;s why I always recommend SI1 clarity diamonds. They look great, and <strong>won&#8217;t break the bank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/all-diamonds\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;Polish=EX,VG&#038;Symmetry=EX,VG&#038;Flour=None&#038;RingMatchID=22606?a_aid=JSDG\">See some ideal SI1 clarity diamonds here at James Allen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Many people get a little confused with SI clarity diamonds. Some believe you can see inclusions in them, others say they are eye-clean and have no visible inclusions. Which is correct? Well&#8230; Both are, really. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/visible-inclusions-in-an-si1-clarity-diamond\/\" title=\"VISIBLE INCLUSIONS IN AN SI1 CLARITY DIAMOND\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29,3,10,20],"tags":[503,1194,488,1192,1193],"class_list":["post-33325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clarity","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement","category-loose-diamonds","tag-diamond-clarity","tag-diamond-guide","tag-diamond-quality","tag-si1-clarity","tag-si1-diamonds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33325"}],"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=33325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}