Diamond Clarity - A Guided Tour

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	Diamond Buying Made Easier > Diamond Clarity > Diamond Clarity - A Guided Tour Diamond Clarity - A Guided Tour Diamond Clarity is sometimes simple and it's sometimes complicated. The higher the diamond clarity the simpler it is to determine the diamond clarity grade. An extra facet seen in the face up position will be the difference between Flawless and Internally Flawless or one single little pinpoint included crystal can move the diamond clarity from Internally Flawless to VVS1. At the other end of the diamond clarity scale, the amount of allowable inclusions and blemishes becomes greater and the diamond clarity categories become much more broad. As you can see in the GIA's diamond clarity scale to the right, at the top of the clarity scale the FL, IF, VVS1, and VVS2 diamond clarity grade categories are a bit smaller than the SI2, I1, I2, I3 diamond clarity grade categories. Because of the limitations of showing a chart like this on a webpage it's not really reflective of GIA's diamond clarity grades. With the very strict nature of what is allowable in the “high” diamond clarity grades, the Flawless, Internally Flawless, VVS1, and VVS2 diamond clarity scale would look a much different... with the Flawless and Internally Flawless diamond clarity grade categories being almost microscopic and the “low” diamond clarity grade categories of SI2, I1, I2, and I3 would be much wider. This would end up placing SI2 more in the high middle of the diamond clarity chart and not towards the bottom of the range. Because the SI and I diamond clarity grades are along a range it is possible to have “low SI2” or a “high I1”. This means that a SI2 clarity diamond could be just at the end of the range of being a SI2 diamond, at the edge of where a diamond would cross over to being an I1 diamond clarity grade. Or a diamond that has just enough clarity characteristics (inclusions and blemishes) to be placed into the I1 clarity grade. One of the gemological laboratories, EGL (European Gemological Laboratory), has a diamond clarity grade of SI3. This is in reality a “high I1” diamond clarity but in their opinion it shouldn't be given an I1 clarity grade. Most of the time this EGL SI3 diamond clarity grade is used as a marketing ploy and knowing that please don't consider any diamond with an EGL diamond Grading Report along with any diamond that is listed as having a SI3 diamond clarity grade. Many people have a feeling that a lower diamond clarity grade is automatically undesirable. This is not necessarily the case and in many instances there are absolutely beautiful SI2 and I1 diamonds. Even if you have a SI2 or an I1 clarity diamond that has visible clarity characteristics it doesn't make it ugly... many times a jeweler will be able to make these clarity characteristics much less noticeable by how it is mounted into a ring, pendant, or earring. Now, let's begin our diamond clarity guided tour..... First we can visit - SI2 Diamond Clarity and then, the more challenging - I1 Diamond Clarity James Allen has a *very* interesting diamond website. They have..... one of the *largest* and *best* selections of loose diamonds around, their loose diamond prices are usually the lowest anywhere on the net, they have top notch customer service, and best of all they are the only online diamond retailer with actual pictures of the diamonds they sell. Seeing is believing! Check it out for yourself.... click here!	If you need some help with a diamond decision, all you have to do is ask! Free one on one diamond buying consultation... Get widget for your site
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