In terms of pricing there are two basic categories of diamonds those priced off of the rapaport diamond price list and those that aren t.
Diamond ring price chart.
How diamond shapes affect price.
The second section of this article will explain how diamond prices are determined and calculated.
Round diamond averages are based on excellent cut diamonds.
Diamonds under 4ct never rose as much nor fell as far.
The following is a recent update on diamond prices from rapaport in 100s for 1 00ct to 1 49ct diamonds.
The per carat cost increases as the weight and quality increases.
This round diamond price chart shows changes in diamond prices over the past few years for different sizes.
Note the price dip late 2008 the economic crisis and recent stabilization or even rises.
For each size we collected average prices for each diamond shape for g color vs2 diamonds from blue nile s inventory.
Sourcing loose diamonds from the wholesale.
Diamonds are priced per carat.
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.
To look at this we chose a few benchmark carat sizes.
The price of that diamond would be 1 250 2 500 0 5.
Buying loose diamonds is different than shopping for diamond jewelry in retail stores as the diamonds you source have not been mounted onto jewelry yet.
Color clarity cut and carat weight.
0 5 0 7 1 0 1 2 1 5 and 2 0 carats.
The wholesale and retail prices chart below is petra gems best average estimates based on data of leading diamond suppliers and.
A 0 5 carat diamond may cost 2 500 per carat.
The price difference between these 2 diamonds will be 28 95 which is very significant for 2 diamonds of the same carat and clarity.
Diamond price chart for loose diamonds.
Let s take a 1 carat round brilliant diamond graded color d and clarity if and compare its value to a 1 carat round brilliant diamond graded color e and clarity if.