LOOSE round DIAMOND

ROUND LOOSE DIAMONDS
ALL HAVE EXCELLENT CUTS SO ITS VERY BRILLIANT!!!

Many people make clarity the least "important" of the 4 Cs when purchasing their diamonds.  The rationale is obvious -- when your partner shows the ring to all her friends, the likelihood that one of them will pull out a 10X microscope to examine the flaws on her diamond are very slim.  Given that, why spend a lot of money on a VVS1 diamond when an SI2 will look exactly the same to the naked eye?
    FL
     Flawless: No internal flaws. Very rare and very expensive diamond.

IF

Internally Flawless: No internal flaws.Also very rare and very expensive.

VVS1-VVS2

Very, Very Slightly Included: Extremely difficult to see inclusions under 10x magnification. Rare and expensive.

VS1-VS2

Very Slightly Included: Inclusions are not visible to the unaided eye. High quality.

SI1-SI2

Slightly Included: Inclusions are visible under 10x magnification. Good quality diamond.

I1-I2-I3
Included: Inclusions and flaws visible to the naked eye. Diamonds On Web only carries I1 diamonds, and does not carry diamonds of I2 and I3 clarity grade.

COLOR:

Diamonds are graded for color face down, against a white background. Graders are looking at the actual body tone (hue) of the stone and comparing it to a set of master stones graded by the Gemological Institute of America. The diamond is then assigned a letter grade as seen on the accompanying chart. Most diamonds used for jewelry purposes fall into the Near Colorless Category - G to J

The Gemological Institute of America (G.I.A.) grades color alphabetically from D (totally colorless) to Z (yellow).For a diamond to be considered "colorless," the G.I.A. requires that it be a D, E, or F.  However, the D-Z scale is continuous, so the difference between an F and G is very small.  The average color for engagement diamonds in the United States is G to H.