For me, if the SI1 is eye-clean and BGM free, then I am fine.Founded in 1976 and listed on Bursa Malaysia since 2004, Poh Kong is the largest jewellery retail chain in Malaysia, reachin g its 100th outlet mark in 2012. If we arent planning to resell and if naked eye wont really notice the flaws, then should we just go ahead for bigger carat instead of the clarity? - I can't answer this for you. Usually I will just rely on the BGM indicator whereby M stands for Milky. I will probably check for cloudiness/milkyness instead. The cheaper diamond has Clarity Characteristics Twinning Wisp, Cloud. She suggested me to visit their store and compare the diamonds side to side and decide. Usually for diamonds, "black" inclusion is not preferred, but i don't see there are any "black" inclusions on the diamond from my untrained eye. I noticed there are more flaws in the second diamond but sales said these are taken under 40x magnification so our naked eyes probably wont see them. It is after all, a more practical approach. Or if they provide pictures, do look at them and see whether you are comfortable with it. Most importantly, if you can check the diamond physically, do spend some time to go see it. Do check with your seller if you have concerns. He is actually my so-called sifu last time and I tend to learn from him a lot as well.įor your budget based on the price of the diamond listed, you should be able to get eye-clean diamonds with no durability issue. Look at the section Diamond Clarity Inclusions To Avoid. So you will know which inclusion is the most frequent that appear in your diamond first.įor inclusions to avoid, read this article by Todd Gray:
Overall, do check with the seller if you have concerns.Īnd in a grading report, the most common inclusion will rank first, followed by secondary, etc. Anyway, supplier will provide the necessary details whether they contain Milky/Cloudy. If VS2, most of the time will be fine as well. If it is VS1 I will buy it without worry too much. Things will be different as the carat weight goes higher.Ĭloud inclusion is actually fine depending on your clarity grade. This is common in lower carat weight diamonds, such as a 0.3ct. Just that sometimes when I get diamonds from virtual inventory, I see the price differences between a D and a G is quite minimal to me hence I will usually opt for higher colour.
Anyway I can say that what most jewellers say that H colour is fine is certainly true as far as from a consumer point of view is concerned. But I have to point out that my eyes are untrained lol. I have 0.2ct E colour and J colour and I don't see the differences immediately under normal condition. Even with experience, it is still hard to see, IMO. Here is an example of how a true Hearts & Arrows look like:Īctually you can't really tell a Diamond's colour difference from just looking at it briefly without paying attention, and/or with no experience looking at higher colour grade diamonds. I have included the prices for you reference: The cut of these stones are somewhat the better ones in virtual inventory, although I won't call them true Hearts & Arrows, but they do possess decent cut, decent 4Cs, for its price. Here are some examples that I will introduce to my customers. Simply key in the table %, crown angle, pavilion angle, and they will show you what are the best possible cut available in the inventory of James Allen. You can refer to this site for some nice examples: Please be reminded that proportions only tell half of the picture, you need to see the overall cut quality to determine its actual quality. 35.5 crown pair with 40.6 pavilion is normal. Since no images, proportions I would go with 1368326651.