Your Ring.....

Ladies this is a personal question:

Please do not be offended I need your advice:

Did anyone get a diamond w/ a lesser clarity for a bigger stone?

If you did are you happy with it?

Is it true an I3 doesn't sparkel?





Please help!

I'm not sure there is such a grading as 'I3'. Not with GIA anyway.

who certified the diamond?

ETA: I1 is very included to the naked eye, so I3 I would imagine would be even more so.

personally i have no idea....
i have seen some in stores at the mall (even little stones) that just dont look right...

but all of the ones i have seen on my friends are decent sized stones and they all sparkle.
but i never asked what the clarity is. i do have one friend that has over a 3.5 carat stone but her ring barely sparkles at all, but i dont know why--- it might be dirty or it may be the shape. i have noticed that round does sparkle more than other shapes... hope this helped a little.

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Posted by dleeny

I'm not sure there is such a grading as 'I3'. Not with GIA anyway.

who certified the diamond?

ETA: I1 is very included to the naked eye, so I3 I would imagine would be even more so.

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what does inclueded to the eye mean ? I was told it won't sparkel as much?

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

personally i have no idea....
i have seen some in stores at the mall (even little stones) that just dont look right...

but all of the ones i have seen on my friends are decent sized stones and they all sparkle.
but i never asked what the clarity is. i do have one friend that has over a 3.5 carat stone but her ring barely sparkles at all, but i dont know why--- it might be dirty or it may be the shape. i have noticed that round does sparkle more than other shapes... hope this helped a little.

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About your friend w/ the 3.5 diamond does it look bad that it doesn't sparkel?

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Posted by Soon2BeMrs.S

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

personally i have no idea....
i have seen some in stores at the mall (even little stones) that just dont look right...

but all of the ones i have seen on my friends are decent sized stones and they all sparkle.
but i never asked what the clarity is. i do have one friend that has over a 3.5 carat stone but her ring barely sparkles at all, but i dont know why--- it might be dirty or it may be the shape. i have noticed that round does sparkle more than other shapes... hope this helped a little.

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About your friend w/ the 3.5 diamond does it look bad that it doesn't sparkel?

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yes it looks amazing in my opinion.... the thing is hUGe (it is actually 3.6). everyone and i mean everyone always compliments her on it. the shape of the stone does matter.

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Posted by Soon2BeMrs.S

What clarity is your ring?

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Its 5 years old and I dont think i ever even asked

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Posted by Soon2BeMrs.S

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Posted by dleeny

I'm not sure there is such a grading as 'I3'. Not with GIA anyway.

who certified the diamond?

ETA: I1 is very included to the naked eye, so I3 I would imagine would be even more so.

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what does inclueded to the eye mean ? I was told it won't sparkel as much?

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basically, that is what it means. it has a lot of inclusions which don't allow the light to reflect off the diamond, hence less sparkle.

here is a good link which explains the clarity of a diamond

click me

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Posted by Soon2BeMrs.S

What clarity is your ring?

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VS2

a friend of mine told me that you can tell the quality of a diamond if it still sparkles in the dark. Is this true?

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

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Posted by Soon2BeMrs.S

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

personally i have no idea....
i have seen some in stores at the mall (even little stones) that just dont look right...

but all of the ones i have seen on my friends are decent sized stones and they all sparkle.
but i never asked what the clarity is. i do have one friend that has over a 3.5 carat stone but her ring barely sparkles at all, but i dont know why--- it might be dirty or it may be the shape. i have noticed that round does sparkle more than other shapes... hope this helped a little.

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About your friend w/ the 3.5 diamond does it look bad that it doesn't sparkel?

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yes it looks amazing in my opinion.... the thing is hUGe (it is actually 3.6). everyone and i mean everyone always compliments her on it. the shape of the stone does matter.

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OK so just b/c it doesn't sparkel it'll be ok.
People will notice it and not know the clarity?

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

a friend of mine told me that you can tell the quality of a diamond if it still sparkles in the dark. Is this true?

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I think if the diamond is exceptional quality, it would be obvious in any lighting

i know someone who has a nice size damond..but it is very dull...

you cant notice it unless you put i next to another diamond that is better quality....

Thanks ladies!

I have a 1.25 carat princess cut
Color is E
Clarity is VVS1

This means it is relatively colorless and almost flawless, BUT it is not a huge rock!

I know people who spent the same amount of money that my FI spent and have a ring almost double the size of mine, but when they're next to each other, mine looks super white and sparkly! However, I don't get the 'oh my gawd, oh my gawds' that they get from other people. I think YOU need to decide what would make you happiest - I personally like knowing that my ring may not be the biggest, but it is a really special stone - and ultimately, they're all special if the one you love gave it to you. Hope that helps.

The reason the larger diamonds dont sparkle as much is they are cut with the same amount of facets as a smaller cut diamond, so the facets are larger.
The larger the diamond and the more inclusions the easier it is too see the imperfections-but-how often does someone look at your ring that closely?
My ring isnt 3 carats...its a little bigger then 1 and it sparkles like crazy no matter how dirty it is.
But-I know some jewelers will grade it all different levels, I3 is off the chart and would mean heavily included