Diamond Price Guide Chart
How diamond shapes affect price.
Diamond price guide chart. The table above gives you a quick read on size ranges that have recently changed price giving you an up to date view of market trends. These include the 4 cs carat weight cut color and clarity and other factors are also taken into account such as polish symmetry fluorescence and shape. Diamonds under 4ct never rose as much nor fell as far. This round diamond price chart shows changes in diamond prices over the past few years for different sizes.
Round diamond averages are based on excellent cut diamonds. The diamond price chart to the left shows price changes for loose diamonds since 2007 for d i color vvs2 si2 clarity in several carat ranges from pricescope diamond comparison listings. This price index for 1 carat 1 5 carat 2 carat and 3 carat diamonds will be updated periodically to reflect changing retail and wholesale diamond prices. The second section of this article will explain how diamond prices are determined and calculated.
The prices for loose diamonds are available to you in the diamond price chart a diamond price list that is used in the wholesale diamond industry worldwide. A perfectly cut diamond will obviously have a higher value than a poorly cut diamond. The wholesale and retail prices chart below is petra gems best average estimates based on data of leading diamond suppliers and. Note the price dip late 2008 the economic crisis and recent stabilization or even rises.
This cut quality can lead to variations in price of around 5 to 15. If the diamond is very poorly cut it would need to be recut to make it easier to sell and that will inevitably be accompanied by a reduction in weight. Diamond price chart for loose diamonds. 0 5 0 7 1 0 1 2 1 5 and 2 0 carats.
Since a matrix is two dimensional and there are 4 c s then there are several price charts each is of a weight group. The diamond price chart also known as rapaport price list or just the list is a matrix that provides a benchmark to a diamond s value based on its 4 c s. To look at this we chose a few benchmark carat sizes. For each size we collected average prices for each diamond shape for g color vs2 diamonds from blue nile s inventory.