A diamond is valued by its cut, clarity, carat weight and colour. A local jeweler can look at your stone and give you a precise answer.
The value of a diamond depends on its cut, its clarity, its colour and its carat weight. A local jeweler can give you the answer you want.
An estimate for a diamond with this measured cut may be about three carats.
The value of a diamond depends on its cut, its clarity, its colour and its carat weight. A local jeweler can give you the answer you want.
Diamond shape is not factored into a diamond's value -- it's the excellence or quality of the cut that matters. Other factors include carat weight, colour and clarity.
The term kaşıkçı elması translates (loosely) from the Turkish to the Spoonmakers Diamond, a fabulous diamond that is the pride of the Topkapi Museum. You can read more about it, below. No, this pear-shaped, 86 carat stone is not the biggest diamond in the world.
First, you'll need to find such a stone. In a brief search, we found a 16 carat pear-shaped diamond that you can buy today from Blue Nile, and spend about US$626,000. Then you'll pay for the ring metal and setting.
A princess cut diamond has a square shape, while a pear shape diamond is tapered at one end.
A half carat average clarity pink diamond can cost as much as 5,000 dollars. Pink diamond worth is dependent on size, cut and clarity.
A pear shapped diamond cut that measures 4.0 x 2.0 mm weighs about .20 carats. A jeweler can give you an exact weight of the diamond in question.
The 'costliest diamond of the world' is measured by the price paid for a diamond. Depending on your particular criteria, there are several examples.When money changes hands to represent the costliest diamond...The JCK Marketplace Web site reports that an 84-carat [faceted] diamond sold for US $16.2 million, at "... $191,980 per carat, the highest price per carat ever paid for a white diamond at auction." This auction took place in 2007.At the same auction..."An extremely rare fancy vivid blue pear-shaped diamond, weighing 4.16 cts. and mounted as a ring, ...sold for $4.7 million. The per-carat price was more than $1.1 million, making it the second highest price per carat paid for a colored diamond at auction."In 2010, Reuters reported that "Petra sets record, sells diamond for $35 million" in its headline for the sale of a 507 carat raw diamond.
A pear or a quince.
What you have to offer is worth whatever someone will pay you for it. Take your ring to a pawn shop, a jeweler or other, and ask what they believe it is worth once they can see it. If you want to educate yourself as to the value of your ring, best practices recommend that you pay a certified gemologist to evaluate the diamond as to its cut, clarity, colour and exact carat weight. As well, the purity of the gold will factor into the ring's value.