This cut is elongated by nature and shown here are ones with a desirable length to width ratio of approximately 1 55 1 and well balanced depth table proportions.
Actual size of 1 carat diamond princess cut.
0 72ct princess 4 8x4 77x3 55 1 3ct princess 6 01x6 01x4 33 vs.
Actual size of 5 51 5 51 3 97mm with 72 1 depth and a face up area of 30 36mm.
Here you can see how big 1 carat diamond 6 5 6 5 3 92mm actually is and how it would appear on a ring and finger.
As you can see above the size of a 1 carat diamond is approximately 6 5mm based on the assumption that the stone is cut to ideal proportions.
It s important to remember that a 1 carat round diamond is going to visually differ by cut.
Even though the carat weight is 50 of a 1 carat stone it doesn t face up twice as small.
The diamond on the left is 1 00 carat and has a good cut.
2ct princess 6 94x6 94x5 1 23ct princess 5 82x5 78x4 37 vs.
1 02ct princess 5 59x5 45x3 97 1ct princess 5 51x5 51x3 97 vs.
The diamond on the right weighs in at 0 92 carats and has an excellent cut.
Size in mm optional.
0 75 ct 7 8x5 1 0 ct 8 9x5 7 1 25 ct 9 4x6.
Actual size of 5 69 5 69 4 1mm with 72 1 depth and a face up area of 32 38mm.
1 2ct princess 5 86x5 86x4 22 0 7ct princess 4 8x4 73x3 54 vs.
The surface area is 6 23x6 26mm.
The surface area is 6 23x6 2mm.
1 5ct princess 6 31x6 31x4 54 vs.
Check finger coverage of this 1 carat princess cut diamond.
On the other hand the size of a 5 carat diamond is approximately 5 2mm.
So even though the two diamonds have different carat sizes they have the same surface area.
Because of the poorer cut of the first one about 10 of the carat weight is wasted.
Check finger coverage of this 1 1 carat princess cut diamond.