WHAT ARE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ON THE 4CS OF DIAMONDS: CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, AND CARAT?
A. CLARITY has to do with Mother Nature’s own doings when the diamond crystal was created. We can safely say that all diamonds have inclusions seen under very high magnification. When we can not see the inclusions under 10 power magnification, the stone is considered free of inclusions (F). The grades ‘very very slight inclusions’ (VVS), ‘very slight inclusions’ (VS), and ‘slight inclusions’ (SI) have microscopic inclusions that cannot be seen. They are “clean to the unaided eye.” F, VVS, and VS are more expensive because they are more rare. With respect to clarity you cannot see the difference between SI and the more rare grades unless you use a loop or a microscope. COLOR has to do with the absence of color. D, E, F,G,H, and possibly I are considered white. If you lay an H grade stone next to an E or F stone, you can see that the higher grade is even more colorless even though the H stone also looks colorless when seen alone. Most people would choose a G-H color and, instead of using
WHAT ARE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ON THE 4CS OF DIAMONDS: CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, AND CARAT?