Given the fvvs1 price of 36 3 600 per carat and the g vvs2 price of 29 2 900 per carat the average price is calculated at 32 5 or 3 250 per carat.
Small diamond price list.
How to calculate diamond prices.
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 determine the price of a diamond you need to look at the 4cs.
2595 shows the rapnet average asking price for the round diamond and 35 is the rapnet average asking price represented as rapaport s price list discount.
Color clarity cut and carat weight.
45 is the best rapnet asking price available illustrated as rapaport s price list.
The per carat cost increases as the weight and quality increases.
This approach works well based on the general principle that the price list should be used as an indicator of value and not as a final price.
A 0 5 carat diamond may cost 2 500 per carat.
Diamonds under 4ct never rose as much nor fell as far.
Note the price dip late 2008 the economic crisis and recent stabilization or even rises.
Diamond prices can vary hugely depending on a diamond s shape cut quality clarity and color.
Diamonds are priced per carat.
2460 represents the best rapnet asking price offer for a round d if 0 30 0 39 diamond.
For example the cost of a one carat diamond can range from just 1 500 to more than 16 000 for an extremely well cut high quality diamond while a two carat diamond could cost as little as 6 000 or as much as 80 000 based on its shape cut clarity and color grades.
Since a matrix is two dimensional and there are 4 c s then there are several price charts each is of a weight group.