Diamond Education

The 4Cs Of Diamonds

This short tutorial explains the Four C's- cut, color, clarity, and carat weight - the most important characteristics of buying a diamond.



Diamond Cut

Cut

The most important of the 4Cs is Cut because it has the greatest influence on a diamond's sparkle.

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Diamond Color

Color

The second most important of the 4Cs is Color, which refers to a diamond's lack of color. The less color, the higher the grade.

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Diamond Clarity

Clarity

Often the least important of the 4Cs because the tiny imperfections are often microscopic.

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Diamond Carat

Carat

The term Carat actually refers to the diamond's total weight and not its size.

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Diamond Shape

Shape

Each Fancy Shape has different attributes that affect price and quality grade.

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Diamond Certification

Certification

Unbiased diamond grading reports are offered with every Blue Nile diamond.

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Quality

As the largest online diamond retailer, Danisson offers the largest collection of the world's finest cut diamonds. Pre-selected for exceptional quality, the cut, color, and clarity of our loose diamonds are evaluated based on a standardized grading scale. Also, each loose diamond is accompanied by a grading report from either GIA , AGSL, independent diamond grading labs with the most stringent grading scales of all labs.

Conflict Free Diamonds

Danisson diamonds are ethically sourced with a zero-tolerance policy for conflict diamonds.

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