What to Spend On, and What to Skip

Four grades decide the price of a diamond. Only some of them decide how it looks. Here is which is which, in plain language, so you can put the money where you will actually see it.

Start With the Four Cs

Changes What You See

Mostly Changes the Price

Good to Know

Certificate
An independent laboratory report (GIA or IGI for every diamond here) describing the stone's measured characteristics.
Lab-Grown Diamond
Chemically and optically identical to a mined diamond, grown in a reactor over weeks instead of under the earth over millions of years.

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