How many carats of diamond can you get for 30k?
“I’m wondering how many carats of diamond you can get for 30K. Obviously I’m looking for an engagement ring, I’ve got around $30k to spend. I think that we’re more interested in how the diamond looks, how it performs, as opposed to the paper grade so-to-speak. I’m thinking the bigger, the better! But I’m not willing to sacrifice performance and sparkle for carat weight. I guess that we’re looking to find good value, good balance. The little bit of research I’ve done online, brought me to your web site, people seem to rave about their Brian Gavin diamonds. That’s good enough for me. I’ve got a feeling that your diamonds are the best. Now I just need some help finding the largest diamond possible for 30k.”
Which of the Diamond 4C’s is Most Important?
Diamond Cut Quality is the most important of the Diamond 4C’s because it will dictate the light performance of the diamond. That’s why it’s great that you’ve decided to buy your diamond from Brian Gavin. Every Brian Gavin Signature round diamond is cut to deliver the highest levels of light performance. For example, this 1.918 carat, F-color, VS-2 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond with medium blue fluorescence, exhibits the highest volume of light return, and a virtual balance of brilliance and dispersion. This ASET image of the diamond proves it. Do you see all of that red? That is an indication of how bright this diamond will be…
The VS-2 clarity ensures that the diamond will be eye clean from a top-down perspective, and the F-color is going to be a nice, bright, white. So this is a perfect choice if you’re looking to balance carat weight, with clarity and color.
Near-colorless two carat diamond:
Dropping down a little bit in diamond color, enables you to pick up this 2.013 carat, H-color, VS-2 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond. Now as you can plainly see, the ASET image is equally as spectacular for this diamond, as it was for the other diamond, thus you can expect it to exhibit the same high volume of light return. Light is reflecting evenly and consistently throughout both diamonds, because the cut quality of the two diamonds is comparable. The primary difference is that this one weighs a little bit more, but it is not as high in color, and lacks blue fluorescence. You would not be able to detect a difference in light performance.
You might not even be able to detect the slight difference in carat weight, not from across the dinner table any way. The same principle holds true for the slight difference in color, it’s not the type of thing that most people would be able to discern from a top-down perspective from across the dinner table. It is a difference that you’d likely be able to make if you were comparing the two diamonds side-by-side while they were only half an inch or so apart.
Biggest carat diamond for $30K:
The largest diamond we have in our inventory of super ideal cut diamonds at the moment in the range of $30K is this 2.575 carat, I-color, VS-1 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond, which exhibits medium blue fluorescence when exposed to black light. The rest of the time, the diamond will look perfectly normal. Notice that the ASET image for this diamond also looks spectacular. Are you beginning to notice a bit of a consistent trend? Our diamonds look phenomenal when viewed through the various reflector scopes which are used to judge diamond cut quality, because Brian Gavin’s focus has always been on cutting diamonds for light performance.
We produce diamonds of the highest cut quality, because there is no point in cutting diamonds which are not exceptional. Every diamond crystal is carefully examined, and cut to exacting standards which exceed the grading standards of both the GIA Excellent and AGS Ideal cut ratings. If you truly want the most most spectacular looking diamond you can buy for $30K or any price actually, it’s got to be from Brian Gavin. The carat weight of the diamond is truly a secondary consideration, the sparkle of the diamond is everything.
