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Choose the right clarity with Mazal

Clarity is the measure of how efficiently a diamond is able to allow light to pass through it, reflect off of it, and refract within it by relating to the existence and visual appearance of internal characteristics of a diamond called inclusions, and surface defects called blemishes.

This light quality is determined by a number of factors, one of which is the level of flaws, both internal and external. Inclusions are more often the more detrimental of the flaws. All diamonds contain features, or flaws, such as mineral inclusions and fractures, and most flaws can be so slight as to have no effect on the diamond’s ability to transmit and scatter light.

However, larger flaws, and large groupings of flaws, can diminish the ability of light to pass through the diamond undisturbed. The location and coloration of the flaw has tremendous impact on the overall impact on the diamond’s clarity. If a flaw is located near the center of the diamond, and is dark in color, it will often be more detrimental to the diamond’s clarity than a clear flaw closer to the diamonds edge.

Clarity is the one area where you will find that you can sacrifice a certain measure of perfection for the sake of cost and still have a diamond that you will love and cherish. Clarity has tremendous impact on the final cost of the diamond, as it is one of the 4 C’s taken into account with the assessing of a diamond’s characteristics, as well as determining a diamond’s monetary value. A scale for clarity is used to assess exactly where a particular diamond stands within the world of diamonds.

The grading system has been devised to measure the amount of imperfections within diamonds, based on size, location, quantity, color, and nature of the inner flaws, or inclusions, when viewed under a magnification of 10X.