Absolute Diamond Exchange Automated Search Process

The following steps will help you search our database containing current inventories of hundreds of diamond cutters worldwide.

Step 1: Cut Quality Options

We consider quality of cut to be the most important factor in choosing a diamond, primarily because quality of cut determines the fire and brilliance a diamond will generate. Unfortunately, quality of cut is also the least understood of the 4 C's. To assist our clients, we have pre-selected three quality ranges you can choose from. Or, you can enter your own depth and table ranges in the search form if you feel confident doing so.

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CUT QUALITY OPTIONS:

CUT QUALITY 1: IDEAL CUT
Only Round Brilliant diamonds have industry recognized parameters for Ideal Cut, so this option is only available if you are searching for Round Brilliant diamonds. Choosing this quality option will return only the top 1% or 2% of all Round Brilliant diamonds, as graded by the GIA and AGS labs only. Watch especially for the AGS Triple Ideal 000 Hearts and Arrows graded diamonds. They are very rare and very exceptional.

CUT QUALITY 2: FINE MAKE
Choosing this quality option will return about the top 10% of all the diamonds cut in the shape you select. They will be graded by the labs we trust the most: GIA, AGS, AGA, HRD or EGLLA. Please note: The Absolute Diamond Exchange DOES NOT quote diamonds graded by EGL or IGI as we have found too high an incidence of discrepancy in their reports from the internationally recognized GIA grading standards. Beware of good deals on EGL or IGI graded diamonds!

CUT QUALITY 3: WELL CUT
Choosing this quality option will return about the top 20% of all the diamonds cut in the shape you select. The better bargains in well cut diamonds will be found here. This is still a high quality cut as these parameters will eliminate 75% to 80% of all diamonds listed on the market. They will be graded by the labs we trust most: GIA, AGS, AGA, HRD or EGLLA. Again, we DO NOT quote diamonds graded by EGL or IGI due to their inconsistencies.

Choose your own:
Set your own depth and table parameters from scratch, or choose one of our suggested ranges and modify any or all of the parameters as you choose. If you have any questions about depth and table parameters, visit our Absolute Education section, or e-mail us.

Step 2: Shape Options

Step 3: Depth and Table Ranges

The Depth and Table values below will be filled in depending on your cut quality and shape choices. The entries are guidelines that have been established by the Absolute Diamond Exchange to reflect the range of quality for your chosen shape. Please feel free to adjust these values as you see fit.

Depth (##.# %)		Table (## %)
Low	High	Low	High

Step 4: Color, Clarity, and Size Ranges

Color		Clarity		Size (in carats i.e. 0.50, 0.75, 1.25, etc.)
Highest	Lowest	Highest	Lowest	Lowest	Highest

Color Chart
Colorless	Near Colorless	Faint Yellow	Very Light Yellow	Light Yellow
D E F	G H I J	K L M	N O P Q R	S T U V W X Y Z

Clarity Chart
FL	IF	VVS1 - VVS2	VS1 - VS2	SI1 - SI2	I1 - I2 - I3
Flawless	Internally Flawless	Very Very Small Inclusions	Very Small Inclusions	Small Inclusions	Imperfect

Step 5: Budget

Provide a budget cap. Again, with so many diamonds in the database adding a budget cap will help control the results. (Please do not include the $.)

$ (USD)