Loose Diamonds
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NOTE: Diamond Experts strongly suggest only buying loose diamonds accompanied with a reliable certificate.

If you are shopping for wholesale diamonds, you have arrived at the right place. Diamond Experts will sell you the loose stone of your choice at a price no one can match. We have 30+ years experience in selling wholesale diamonds.

How to Buy Loose Diamonds

When shopping at a jewelry store, be sure to ask the jeweler for a 10X loupe so that you may properly examine the interior of the diamond. There are microscopes manufactured specifically for observing loose gemstones. Any store that features such a microscope is obviously in tune with the scientific aspects of grading diamond clarity.

Should you find a loose diamond and are considering making a purchase, be sure to double check the quality. For example, if the diamond is graded vs1, have the jeweler show you why it is graded so. Know the type and location of the inclusions in the diamond. Make sure you see the inclusions yourself under the loupe or, even better, with a microscope.

Loose stones are assigned a diamond clarity grade using a microscope with the power of 10X. When observing them with a loupe bring the loupe right up to your eye and then slowly bring the diamond with the tweezers close to the loupe until it comes into focus.

Always look through the table of the diamond in order to view their inclusions. To pick up the stone with a pair of tweezers, place the loose diamond table down on a clean white piece of paper. Next firmly grasp the stone with both sides of the tweezers. After carefully observing the diamond through the table, focus on the side so you can see the girdle. The girdle separates the crown, or top section, of the diamond from the pavilion, or bottom section.

Do not forget to ask the jeweler to allow you to compare the color against a master set of comparison diamonds. The jeweler will position the diamond against other stones of known color so you may compare. This master set should have already been graded for diamond color by the Gemological Institute of America, otherwise known as GIA.

In addition, when looking at loose diamonds ask the jeweler to explain the cuts grade to you. If you are looking at a diamond with a round brilliant cut, ask for the following details:

• Maximum diameter
  
  
• Minimum diameter
  
  
• Depth
  
  
• Table measurement

With these measurements you can determine the table and depth percentage. When judging, be careful of diamonds that have a girdle that is too thick

Buy Wholesale Loose Diamonds at Diamond Experts!!!

Loose diamonds are most commonly found in following shapes: baguette, emerald, heart, marquise, oval, pear, princess, radiant, round and trillion. The most popular shape has been the round brilliant because people believed it to be the "ideal cut" which displays the most brilliance and sparkle.

Fancy shapes such as the heart, pear, marquise, oval, and princess diamond cuts are all designed to maximize the carat weight. Usually the rough diamonds will be cut into whichever shape that requires the least amount of sacrifice. Loose marquise and oval shaped stones should have a length exactly twice that of the width. If they are too narrow or too wide, the diamonds will loose light and appear too dark.

Unfortunately, the untrained buyer can easily be tricked in all aspects of the diamond grading.

"That's why at Diamond Experts we strongly suggest purchasing wholesale loose diamonds with reliable certificates, such as GIA or EGL certificates."
Ronen Levy
Diamond Expert #1