YP DIAMONDS - A FLAWLESS CHOICE
A diamond’s cut—its shape and facets—is what makes it sparkle. The more faceted the cut, the greater the sparkle. The most famous shape and cut, according to the Cape Town Diamond Museum, is the round brilliant, with 57 facets.
Diamonds come in many colors and are categorized as either white—essentially colorless—or fancy.The color ratings of diamonds are actually based on the absence of color.Ratings range from D (colorless) to Z(yellow), The less color the higher the grade.
Clarity measures the purity of the diamond and the presence of tiny flaws. The clearer or more flaw free the diamond, the more brilliant and valuable it becomes.Difficult to see with the naked eye, clarity is the degree to which a diamond is free from inclusions. Each diamonds receives a clarity grade on a scale of flawless to 13.
People often mistake carats as a measurement of size, but they actually measure weight. Two diamonds of equal weight can have unequal value depending upon the cut, color, and clarity of each.A diamond’s mass, or weight, is measured in carats. A metric carat is 200 milligrams, and each carat can be subdivided into 100 points. Diamonds that are more than one carat are expressed in decimals
