If you click on the image of a sample “Rap List,” you will see four separate grids. Each one is for a different size category. The four categories shown on this sample are 0.90-0.99, 1.00-1.49, 1.50-1.99, Ve 2.00-2.99. Each grid is a matrix of color against clarity. To find the “Rap Price” for a […]
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According to Wikipedia, Martin Rapaport started as a cleaver and rough sorter in Antwerp, Belgium. İçinde 1975 he began brokering rough and polished diamonds in New York City and, İçinde 1978, created the Rapaport Prices List. Since creating the price list, he’s also known for founding many businesses in the diamond industry, including an […]
As we’ve covered below, a significant amount of the diamond pricing equation is based on the Rapaport Prices List, or Rap List — an industry price list that provides standardized pricing for different diamond color and clarity grades. One interesting outcome of the entire business being based on the Rap List is that far […]
You could imagine very easily that if there’s a 20% price jump from a 0.99ct diamond to a 1.00ct diamond, the cutter who loses that 0.01ct trying to make a prettier stone will lose his job. Perhaps with the nicer cut it will only be worth 15% less instead of 20%, but either way, […]
I stress categories, because you might mistakenly believe that prices per carat increase continuously as weight is increased, but this is not the case. Since diamonds are a retail product driven more by emotion than reason, a 0.99ct diamond is worth only about 1% more than a similar diamond weighing 0.98ct. But a 1.00ct […]
As you’ve probably noticed, the price ranges we’ve listed above for different diamond shapes and carat weights are very large. Örneğin, A 2 carat round brilliant cut diamond can cost upwards of $50,000, or as little as $7,400. Saving money when buying a diamond is all about finding the intersection where a diamond’s […]
Diamonds are all priced per carat. Lets say a 0.50 carat diamond has a price of $1400 karat başına. That diamond’s price for the stone would be $1400 * 0.50, veya $700. Veya, let’s say that a 1 carat diamond has a price of $4,100 karat başına. This one is easy to calculate — […]
Pırlanta fiyatları, pırlantanın şekline bağlı olarak büyük ölçüde değişiklik gösterebilir., kesim kalitesi, netlik ve renk. Örneğin, Bir karatlık pırlantanın maliyeti sadece $1,500 daha fazlasına $16,000 son derece iyi bir kesim için, yüksek kaliteli elmas, iki karatlık bir pırlantanın maliyeti ise bu kadar düşük olabilir $6,000 or as […]
When discussing pricing and what is a fair deal, you have to know what you want and how to be sure you are getting what you are paying for. You need to make sure you are following the process to ensure you aren’t getting scammed. It’s hard figuring out how much you should spend […]
Often when people hear the term “Carat Weight,” they think it refers to the size of the diamond. In actuality, Carat refers to the weight of the diamond, not how large the stone is. A 1 Carat Diamond equals 200 milligrams, veya 0.2 grams—and weighs about the same as a quarter of a raisin. […]