THE IMPORTANCE OF CLARITY OF DIAMONDS

Clarity is an important feature of a diamond,

and it is important to know how to rank the

clarity of a diamond before you purchase one. It is

really easy to learn how to grade or rank the

clarity of a diamond. There are essentially two

things that you must recognize. First, diamonds

with inclusions and blemishes that you can see, and second,

those diamonds that are clean visually or that you can see no inclusions or blemishes with the naked eye. After these first two items have been ascertained, then the clarity of the diamond is further broken down into subcategories.

Many people incorrectly think that diamond

clarity refers to how clear it is. This is not what the word clarity is referring to here. Clarity really refers to the interior and

exterior imperfections of the diamond. The

finest diamonds, of course get a grade of FL

or IF – Flawless or Internally Flawless –

meaning that it is perfect diamond. A grade of I-1, I-2

or I-3 means the diamond is imperfect:

a grade of I-3 being the worst.

Other grades of diamonds are VVS1 and VVS2, which

mean that the diamond is very, very slightly

imperfect; VS1 and VS2, meaning the

diamond is very slightly imperfect; SI-1 and

SI-2, this means that the diamond is

slightly imperfect.