Newbie Question About Yellow Diamonds

[RTols88]

Hey, I''m new to the board and I have a burning question. I''m looking to get a yellow diamond and I was wondering how yellow S-Z grade diamonds are and what the average wholesale price per caret is for diamonds of those grades? Also, What Clarity grade would you recomend for a prong set radiant cut stone for someone who wants the most fire possible for the lowest price?

Rebecca

 

[RTols88]

Also, How much whiter would the diamond look if it was set in white gold?

 

[LD]

Why would you want to make a yellow diamond look white? You need to emphasize the yellow IMO!

Here are two U-V diamonds. I don''t have the radiant anymore but certainly do have the heart cut. You''ll see that although they''re both U-V, their colour is different. The Radiant was a real vanilla yellow but the heart is a golden honey yellow. Both were set in yellow gold and would have looked very odd in white gold.

As for clarity ......... you need to decide what cut first as that dictates perhaps the clarity you should go for. Also, the fire/sparkle from a U-V isn''t the same as from a white G-H diamond for example. Have you seen a U-V diamond? If not, it might be worth seeing a few before making up your mind because if it''s sparkle and fire you''re looking for, a U-V diamond may not deliver.

 

[Sagebrush]

Rebecca,

Diamonds in the S-Z colors are yellowish not yellow and there is a good reason that the old term used to describe them is byewater.

A majority of fancy yellow diamonds will be radiant cut because the radiant increases the light path and the saturation of color.

Fancy yellow diamonds are graded as follows: fancy light, fancy, fancy intense, fancy deep, fancy vivid. Fancy vivid is the most expensive, however, fancy deep can be quite lovely. Since there are 24 grades of colorless diamonds and only 5 grades of yellow, the grade does not tell the whole story. There are also yellow-orange and orange-yellow.

Clarity has little effect on brilliance between SI2-Flawless.

 

[T L]

Here's a Y-Z yellow. I'm not sure how much lighting influences this stone in the photos though.

http://rockdiamond.com/index.php/jewelry/three-stone-diamond-ring-305-ct-light-yellow-radiant-cut-diamond-gia-graded-y-z-light-yellow

Here's a W-X yellow

http://rockdiamond.com/index.php/jewelry/micro-set-halo-ring-297ct-w-x-yellow-gia-diamond-micro-set-ring