{"id":5186,"date":"2015-05-30T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:59:17","slug":"what-does-a-three-quarter-carat-diamond-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/what-does-a-three-quarter-carat-diamond-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT DOES A 3\/4 CARAT DIAMOND COST?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/What-does-a-Three-Quarter-Carat-Diamond-Cost.gif\" alt=\"What does a Three Quarter Carat Diamond Cost\" title=\"What does a Three Quarter Carat Diamond Cost\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5190\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Trying to tell someone what a 3\/4 carat (75 point) diamond costs is <strong>almost an mission impossible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are so many factors that fall into place when it comes to pricing diamonds. You can&#8217;t just say 3\/4 carats roughly cost <strong>$3,500<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nIt would be nice to give a roundabout figure, but <strong>it really depends on the rest of the quality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s the clarity of the stone?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s the color of the stone?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is the stone certified?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is the ring one stone, or many stones put together?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s the shape of the stone?<\/strong> (Yes, shape can make a big difference too!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nA low quality diamond could be <strong>as cheap as $700<\/strong>, or a top of the line diamond could run you <strong>$10,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Is saying $3,500 a nice in between figure?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Average-Price-75-Carat-Diamond-Ring.jpg\" alt=\"Average Price 75 Carat Diamond Ring\" title=\"Average Price 75 Carat Diamond Ring\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Average-Price-75-Carat-Diamond-Ring.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Average-Price-75-Carat-Diamond-Ring-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h2>How about 4 Grand? 5?<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis is usually what I do when someone wants me to belt out the on going price for a diamond of a particular carat weight, I give them a stone with an <strong>average grade in color, clarity and cut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhich is: <strong>SI1, H color, &#8220;Very Good&#8221; or &#8220;Excellent&#8221; cut<\/strong>. I also always quote a <strong>round brilliant cut diamond<\/strong> (unless shape is specified). Round stones are by far the most popular shape and when people are looking at diamonds, it&#8217;s presumed they&#8217;re talking about a round one. Any other shape would be asked for by name &#8220;<strong>What does a 3\/4 princess cut cost?<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\nSo let&#8217;s take a look at some diamonds from different jewelry stores <strong>across the net<\/strong>. I tried to get <strong>all the same quality<\/strong> at first, but found this task to be <em>impossible<\/em>. So, I then just focused on what they had in stock if they didn&#8217;t have what I wanted. Some stores didn&#8217;t list much info. <strong>I wonder how they even sell their stones&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>3\/4 Carat Diamond Prices<\/h4>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td  style=\"background-color:#FFFF99\" valign=\"top\"><strong>CARAT, CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, CERTIFIED<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFF99\" valign=\"top\"><strong>PRICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFF99\" valign=\"top\"><strong>STORE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, E, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$2900<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=30&#038;Color=E&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;Cut=Ideal,Excellent,TrueHearts&#038;PriceFrom=&#038;PriceTo=&#038;ViewsOptions=Images&#038;advancedParameter=CaratSliderBottom&#038;showAdvanced=show&#038;Shape=round&#038;Polish=EX,ID&#038;Symmetry=EX,ID&#038;Lab=&#038;Flour=None,Negligible&#038;DepthFrom=45&#038;DepthTo=80&#038;TableFrom=40&#038;TableTo=83?a_aid=JSDG\">James Allen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, E, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$2897<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenile.com\/?a_aid=JSDG\">Blue Nile<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, E, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$2995<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyjewels.com\/round-cut-loose-diamonds?tracking=5b0bb72e7809d\">Buy Jewels<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, E, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$2930<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"href=\"http:\/\/www.ross-simons.com\/design-your-own-diamond-ring.cfm\/diamond\/\">Ross-Simons<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/7h104p59y31NTRTOSXRNPORVXXWW\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, I2, I, ROUND, NA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$2999<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/2767825\/type\/dlg\/http:\/\/www.kay.com\/en\/kaystore\/searchterm\/3%252F4%20carat%20diamond%20solitaire\/4294967204\/52\/0\/~\/~\/3%252F4%20carat%20diamond%20solitaire\/~\/~\/1\/false\/~\/~\/~\/~\/3%252F4%20carat%20diamond%20solitaire\/false\">Kay Jewelers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, I2, I, ROUND, NA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$2299.99<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/2767825\/type\/dlg\/http:\/\/www.jared.com\/en\/jaredstore\/searchterm\/3%252F4%20carat%20solitaire\/4294967183\/52\/0\/~\/~\/3%252F4%20carat%20solitaire\/~\/~\/1\/false\/~\/~\/~\/~\/3%252F4%20carat%20solitaire\/false\">Jared<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, E, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$4194.26<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/track.flexlinkspro.com\/a.ashx?foid=1097690.139636627&#038;foc=1&#038;fot=9999&#038;fos=1&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdesignyourown.fredmeyerjewelers.com%2Fconfigurators%2Fvar%2Fapps%2Fengagementring%2F%3Fmode%3Ddiamondfirst%26ShopperId%3D%7B56de3fe7-63f5-423f-8803-255ebaa20e65%7D\">Fred Meyers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, E, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$5241<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/track.flexlinkspro.com\/a.ashx?foid=1097690.140624089&#038;foc=1&#038;fot=9999&#038;fos=1\">Zales<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.50, FL-SI1, D-I, EXCELLENT, TIFFANY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$3340<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffany.com\/engagement\/rings\">Tiffany<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><h2>Average 3\/4 Carat Price: $3,351<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>As you can see, prices are all over the board<\/strong>. And it&#8217;s not exactly fair either. But some places didn&#8217;t have anything online higher than <strong>I clarity stones<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nSome of these stones were loose, some mounted, some high clarity, some low. Some stores listed the quality, <strong>others didn&#8217;t<\/strong>. Some <strong>didn&#8217;t even list who certified the stone<\/strong>, and Tiffany grades their own stones. The info that Tiffany&#8217;s gave actually is <strong>the least to go by<\/strong>. You can pick the size of the stone you want, but what&#8217;s funny is the fact that it jumps from 1\/2 carat all the way up to 1 carat. <strong>They don&#8217;t even have 3\/4 carat listed!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>No matter, I dealt with what I could find&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nIt does make me want to give you guys some heads up though. Like make sure the stone has all the proper info (the 4C&#8217;s) listed and <strong>make sure the stone is certified<\/strong>. I highly recommend <strong>GIA or AGS diamond reports!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nNow, let&#8217;s change things up a bit. Let&#8217;s look at <strong>TOTAL weight prices!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Carat Total Weights<\/h2>\n<p>\nRings that have <strong>more than one diamond<\/strong>, will generally list all the carat weight of the stones together. Especially in <strong>advertisements<\/strong>. It will say something like: 3\/4 CTW SI-I, H-I-J&#8230; This means, all the diamonds added together will equal 3\/4 carats (<strong>CTW = Carat Total Weight<\/strong>), and the diamond quality could be anywhere from SI to I clarity, and anywhere from H color all the way down to J. <strong>You just don&#8217;t know exactly what it is<\/strong>, but it does give you a nice overall picture of the item in question and approximately where it will fall.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen you take 75 points and break it down into smaller stones, it breaks the price of the ring down as well. <strong>Sometimes in half or more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nTake a look at the image of <strong>3\/4 carat diamond rings<\/strong> to see for yourself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Three-Quarter-Carat-Diamond-Rings.jpg\" alt=\"3\/4 Carat Diamond Rings\" title=\"3\/4 Carat Diamond Rings\" width=\"640\" height=\"700\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThe average price for these engagement rings is just <strong>$1,225<\/strong>. WOW! <strong>Big difference<\/strong> when you buy multiple stones&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>What&#8217;s my Recommendation?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Figure out your budget first<\/strong>. Decide on whether or not you want to give her a solitaire (single diamond), or a ring with lots of stones.<\/p>\n<p>\nDecide on what clarity and color range you&#8217;d like to go with, <strong>and stick there!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nAny diamond clarity SI1 or higher will pretty much look <em>identical <\/em>to each other unless you <strong>microscope them<\/strong> (Using a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"amzn.to\/2Edr9HQ\">microscope<\/a> or a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kwSI5G\">10x jewelers loupe<\/a>). <strong>So SI1 is a good place to start<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nColorwise, I would advise <strong>H color or higher<\/strong>. That way the diamond looks white and won&#8217;t look like yellow stained glass. <strong>White diamonds rule!<\/strong> :)<\/p>\n<p>\nSo out of everything that I have shown you here today, what&#8217;s the average diamond price for all the rings listed?<\/p>\n<p><h2>Average Price: $2,365<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>That&#8217;s not a Bad Figure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter all, <strong>it could be worse<\/strong>. You could be looking at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?CaratFrom=1&#038;CaratTo=15.00&#038;Color=E&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;Cut=Ideal,Excellent,TrueHearts&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;Sort=Price,%20DefaultOrder&#038;ViewsOptions=Images&#038;advancedParameter=CaratSliderBottom&#038;showAdvanced=show&#038;Shape=round&#038;Polish=EX,ID&#038;Symmetry=EX,ID&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None,Negligible&#038;DepthFrom=45&#038;DepthTo=80.0&#038;TableFrom=40&#038;TableTo=83?a_aid=JSDG\">one carat diamond prices<\/a> where the average price jumps up <em>immensely<\/em>&#8230; :)<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>So now you know what to expect<\/strong>. The big question ends up being: Is 3\/4 carat the right carat weight? <strong>Should you go larger?<\/strong> One carats are the <strong>dream diamond weight<\/strong>. Are they calling your name?<\/p>\n<p>\nIt all comes down to price. <strong>Set your limit<\/strong>. Know what you have and how much you can <strong>comfortably afford to spend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nBecause when it comes to diamonds, really, <strong>the sky&#8217;s the limit!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Trying to tell someone what a 3\/4 carat (75 point) diamond costs is almost an mission impossible. There are so many factors that fall into place when it comes to pricing diamonds. 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