.85 carat weight vs. 1.00 carat weight

[rleejones]

does anyone have an online visual that could give me an idea of the visible difference between a .85 carat weight diamond and a 1.00 carat weight diamond.

Dirt Cheap Diamond has a beautiful .85 carat weight princess diamond but I have been looking at 1.00 carat.

 

[valeria101]

It''s not the weight as much as the actual size (diameter) that shows.

There are two princess cuts of 85 points in the "signature collection" at DCD: one 5.11X5.17mm and another 5.11X5.07. The first is just a hair larger - not noticeable, IMO.

Just as an example, here''s one 0.8cts and a 1ct prrincess that have just about the same size because they were cut differently:

1.02cts, 5.48X5.26mm

0.8cts, 5.47X5.19mm

The difference between the two diameters is below a tenth of a milimeter! not visible... the difference of weight does count towards their price, of course.

 

[rleejones]

thank you for the reply. That definetly helps. I have been looking at 1 carat princess cuts of the ideal cut variety with the following

Clarity - VS1 or above
Color - F or above
carat - .96 - 1.04

This is my ideal but I would rather not spend more than $5,000 for a complete ring and I have found this will be difficult with my ideal parameters. So, I''m trying to make a few sacrifices on "ideal" yet still find the perfect ring for my sweetheart.

She loves princess cuts, mentioned noticing the difference from a 1 carat to a .75 carat, and of course wants it to be brilliant, but perfection in the VS1 range would not be important to her. Mostly no visible inclusions.

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