Assessing a Diamond’s Value: The Four Cs

Assessing a Diamond's Value: THE FOUR CS Diamonds come in a variety of colors HOW IT'S EVALUATED Ratings go from D Slight color changes (completely colorless) are only visible with to Z (increase in yellowish color) a jeweler's tools $$$ WHAT IT'S WORTH Diamonds graded at D are Value decreases as the rarest and therefore the saturation of the most valuable color increases CLARITY Some diamonds have internal "inclusions" and external "blemishes" HOW IT'S EVALUATED The number, size, and 6 categories of clarity location of the marks affect range from "Flawless" the diamond's rating to "Included" $$$ 2$ WHAT IT'S WORTH The fewer flaws, the No diamond is greater the value completely flawless CUT Cut gives a diamond its sparkle, brilliance, and fire HOW IT'S EVALUATED All facet angles are 5 grades ranging from measured against Excellent to Poor each other describe the cut $$$ WHAT IT'S WORTH Even distribution of light Any design flaw can and dark areas is best decrease value CARAT Carat refers to how much the diamond weighs (1 metric carat=200 milligrams) HOW IT'S EVALUATED Precise measurements go Size and weight do down to the hundredth not necessarily decimal place correlate $$$ 2$ WHAT IT'S WORTH Heavier diamonds are The other 3 Cs also factor generally worth more into a diamond's value Provided by DLAMONDS RMJWELY SINCE H www.pawnsanjose.com SOURCES: http://www.diamond.com/diamond-jewelry-education/diamond-carat-weight/ http://www.diamond.com/diamond-jewelry-education/diamond-cut/ http://gia4cs.gia.edu/en-us/diamond-color.htm http://gia4cs.gia.edu/en-us/diamond-clarity.htm http://gia4cs.gia.edu/en-us/diamond-cut.htm http://gia4cs.gia.edu/en-us/diamond-carat-weight.htm