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Antwerp Diamonds is buying diamonds made simple! With over 4 payment
options to choose from, you can pick your diamond, checkout, and have it on
his/her hand within days!
 If
you want a
diamond bracelet, a
Rolex watch, a
diamond ring, or an
engagement ring, Antwerp Diamonds has it for you at a wholesale price!
All you have to do is find the product you want, choose your metal/color,
checkout, and you’ll be wearing it in days!
There are also many things you should look for when buying a diamond for
your loved one. We will briefly go over the 4 C’s of Diamonds for you: Cut,
Color, Clarity, and Carat Weight.
Cut:
Some gemologists say that the cut of a diamond
is one of the most important parts that determine its fire and quality.
There are many different ways to cut a diamond,
but if you cut it
too shallow or too deep, then the refracting light will bounce out of
the bottom or sides. The goal of cutting a diamond is to get the light
to refract down into the diamond and then get it to come back up through its
table.
There are also many other factors when cutting a diamond: the Diameter,
Table, Depth,
Crown, Pavilion, Girdle, and Culet. All of these factors will
determine the diamonds brilliance.
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Depth
–
The depth is the height of the diamond from the Table to the Culet, or from
top to bottom.
·
Diameter –
The diameter of a diamond is the width from one side to the other through
the girdle, or middle, of the diamond.
·
Table
– Usually at the top of the diamond, it is the largest surface area of a
diamond.
·
Crown –
The crown is
the small band around the widest part of the diamond.
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Pavilion –
From the Culet to the crown, this would be the bottom portion of the
diamond.
· Culet –
The Culet is
the bottom tip, of facet, of the diamond, which cannot be seen to the
untrained eye.
Those are the basics of the cut of a
diamond, let’s move forward.
Color:
The color of a diamond is also referred to as brilliance or fire.
The less color you have in a diamond, the more brilliance or fire it will
have. The reason behind this is, a diamond acts as
a light spectrum and will refract beautiful colors back out if acted upon by
another light source.
The color of a diamond
is based on a scale from D-Z. Just like the alphabet, only it starts a D
instead of A. D would be the best color quality of a diamond and would be
perfectly colorless. A D scaled diamond would also be the more expensive
that a E or G scaled diamond. Z would be the exact opposite and have a dull
brown color. Diamonds scaled at D-J can be nearly colorless or fully
colorless to the untrained eye. Here at Antwerp Diamonds, we proudly only
sell diamonds color scaled from D-J.
Another great option we
have in many of our diamonds, is fluorescence. If you’re seeking that nice
blue or other color fluorescence from a diamond, we will have it for you!
Clarity:
Clarity is another major factor most people look for in a diamond. If
people can see a lot of inclusions in a diamond,
 they
will most likely move on to another one. Clarity of a diamond is rated
on a scale. But instead of D-F, it is done like this:
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FL/IF
– The best clarity of a diamond, there would be any inclusions and would be
flawless or internally flawless.
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VVS1/VVS2 –
VVS means Very Very Slightly Included and would be very very hard to the
inclusions of the diamond under a 10x microscope.
· VS1/VS2
– VS, as you
may have already guessed, means Very Slighty Included. Under a 10x
microscope, the inclusions would be very slightly hard to find.
· SI1/SI2
– You could
easily see the inclusions under a 10x microscope, and to the untrained eye,
you might be able to see them.
· I1/I2/I3 –
You could very easily see the inclusions under a 10x microscope and someone
could easily see the inclusions. Antwerp Diamonds does not carry any form
of I1, I2, or I3 diamonds. They are very low-grade diamonds.
A flawless diamond would
be the most expensive diamond of the others, and would therefore be
the rarest of diamonds. Antwerp Diamonds sells great whole diamonds of
great clarity of FL, IF – SL2.
Carat Weight:
The carat weight
of a diamond is the total
size of a diamond.
Offering customizable
sized on most
 of
our diamonds, Antwerp Diamonds makes it
easy for you to buy diamonds. All the way for ¼ carat to a 5 carat
diamond, Antwerp Diamonds carries it for
you. A 5 carat diamond would cost more than a ¼ carat diamond because
finding a large tablet of diamond is much rarer than finding a smaller one.
Therefore, it will cost more for a 5 carat than a 1 carat.
Well, that’s the end of the 4 C’s of diamonds. For more information on the
4 C’s of diamonds, you can visit our
Education Center. We hoped you enjoyed it! Now, why don’t you head on
over to our online store today and find the perfect
diamond ring for your loved one! Thank you for making Antwerp Diamonds
your source for all your diamond needs and accessories.
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