Diamond Price Calculator
To determine the price of a diamond depending on factors such as color, clarity, carat, and more, use our diamond price calculator. To calculate your diamond value, view a price history chart, and find comparable diamonds, all you need to do is choose the diamond's shape, carat, color, clarity, and other details.
How to Calculate Diamond Price or Value?- Diamond Price Calculator
Shape
Round and fancy forms including cushion, oval, emerald, princess, pear, Asscher radiant, marquise, and heart are among the many shapes available for diamonds.
Carat Diamond size is measured in terms of weight, with 1 carat equal to 0.2 grams.
Pick the diamond’s carat (size). In the US, an engagement ring with a diamond weighs an average of 1.08 to 1.2 carats. The price estimate for a diamond increases with its size.
Color
The GIA rates diamonds from D to z, with D standing for a flawlessly white diamond that has no color. Additionally, diamonds in the D to K color range are advised by several jewelers.
This applies to diamonds where colorlessness is desired, not to specially colored diamonds. We advise purchasing a diamond with a color of G or above.
Clarity
A diamond’s inclusions and flaws are measured using clarity grades. The majority of jewelers advise taking into account the FL–VS2 clear range.
IF to I2 clarity, options are available in our diamond price estimator.
For the highest clarity grades, a qualified grader would be needed to inspect the diamond under strong magnification to find flaws. When looking for diamonds, we advise starting with those that are rated VS2 and higher because they will have excellent clarity and flaws that are invisible to the unaided eye.
Laboratory
The most renowned and well-known diamond grading company is GIA. Although AGS has less stringent requirements, it is also well-known that some jewelers send their products there to receive higher marks. You can choose from multiple laboratories in our diamond price calculator, including GIA, AGS, EGL, IGI, and HRD.
Proportions
A new feature called “proportions” describes the diamond’s quality using the symbols Good, Very Good, Excellent, fair, and poor in our diamond price calculator. Which will assist you in making a decision.
Different Markets for Diamonds
Retail Price
This is the price you can expect to pay if you go to a brick-and-mortar jewelry store. This is the price you would probably find if you go diamond shopping at your neighborhood mall or jewelry store.
Online Price
Online Shopping? You can anticipate paying this amount at an online merchant. On our website, you may explore several reputable, top-quality online stores.
Craigslist
If you’re using a peer-to-peer site, like Craigslist, this is the pricing you may anticipate. Online P2P platforms are also available, however, they frequently charge an extra 20% commission if you’re selling a diamond. If you’re purchasing or selling an expensive diamond, these can obviously be riskier as well, so take precautions to be particularly secure, both physically and making sure you aren’t getting scammed if you are doing so.
If you sell your diamond to an online diamond buyer, you should receive this amount. Diamond Buyer However, it’s always a good idea to receive many bids and use our diamond value calculator as a guide to ensure you’re getting a good price for your diamond. We have a list of reliable online diamond buyers that we suggest.
Wholesale
This is the price a wholesaler would pay for a diamond to resale it to jewelers and other consumers. They don’t really have much interest in buying from individuals, and you won’t get a fair price either, so you can’t buy from wholesalers unless you’re buying in volume.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
–Can a Jeweler Tell if A Diamond Is Lab Grown?
No, by sight alone, a jeweler cannot conclusively identify a diamond as being lab sourced or mined.
There are minute differences between a lab-grown diamond/synthetic diamond and its mined counterpart, to the naked eye of a jeweler or even an experienced gemologist, they both look exactly the same.
Field experts need specialized equipment to decipher the physical and spectral differences between the mined and lab-sourced diamonds.
–Lab Grown Diamond vs Diamond Simulant: Which One to Choose?
When comparing lab-created diamonds with diamond simulants, it is crucial to keep in mind the fundamental distinctions.
Cubic zirconia and moissanite, which appear like diamond but aren’t made of carbon crystals at all, Also the simulant lacks real diamond’s chemical and physical properties.
To distinguish natural and lab-grown diamonds from cubic zirconia, one uses a portable diamond tester.
–Do Lab Diamonds Look Different?
No, to the naked eye, lab diamonds look the same as the mined ones to even the most trained and experienced jewelers and gemologists.
This is because lab and mined diamonds are both essentially the same chemical compound of carbon. The only difference is that mined diamonds are weathered under natural conditions while lab-grown diamonds are cultured under the same conditions within a laboratory.
–Do Lab Created Diamonds Get Cloudy?
No, lab created diamonds, like mined diamonds do not ever get cloudy.
There could, however, be a buildup of dirt, dust, oil and other particles if the jewelry is not cleaned properly from time to time.
A frequent soak of the diamond in warm soapy water and cleaned with a mild toothbrush will ensure that the jewelry remains as sparkly as possible.
–Are Lab Grown Diamonds as Good as Natural Diamonds?
Yes, lab grown diamonds are, in all certainty, as good if not better than natural diamonds.
Technically speaking, lab grown diamonds are natural diamonds. They are created from the carbon that is freely available in nature and treated to extremely high temperatures and high pressure to form an unpolished diamond.
–Are Lab Diamonds Gia Certified?
Yes, certainly. Lab diamonds are certified by GIA.
The minute structural and molecular level differences that occur in mined and lab-sourced diamonds are studied in-depth and differentiated in the highly equipped laboratory at GIA.
The analysis and grading body has been grading lab-made diamonds since 2006. They evaluate based on the 4Cs.