Q&A: Choosing a Round Brilliant Diamond for a Rose Gold Ring

For a rose gold solitaire setting, the K color is too low. I’d go with a J+ to make sure there won’t be any warmish tones in it.

The 2270629 diamond you are looking at is a big no no. It’s not eye-clean and if cert says “clarity grade based on clouds not shown.”, it means there is a very large cloud that covers a large percentage of the diamond and saps the brilliance from it. You should never buy a diamond with this note.

How about something like this?
www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/1.57-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-2331734?a_aid=dmnd1357

It’s well cut, eye-clean and will look great in any solitaire setting you choose. Strong fluorescence will help it look a bit whiter.

The thing about fluorescence is that it can either be a bonus (on J and lower colors it whitens the appearance of a diamond) or a negative (it makes the diamonds look dull and milky on I+ colors).

The “additional clouds not shown” note is fine. It means that there are some small clouds that don’t affect the brilliance. That’s why they are not shown in the clarity plot.

You’re welcome.

1) The actual size of the diamond always depends on how the diamond is cut, but yes, a 1.9+ct stone might look a little larger than a 1.57ct one (not drastically, though).

2) There are several benchmarks that push the prices up (1ct and 2ct are the most significant). When I searched for a diamond for you, I searched in the 8k and 9k price range as well, but couldn’t find any better (i.e. significantly larger option) that would be worth the extra money. See these diamonds so you’ll know what I’m talking about: 1.58ct, 1.64ct.

On the other hand, I like this 1.60ct as it looks great size-wise and it’s fantastically cut.

3) That is correct. We like to keep the table% between 55-59 as it’s a good balance between the appearance of size and brilliance.