Diamond wedding rings are no more only for women. Many grooms today choose to purchase a man’s diamond wedding ring to match the bride’s. Still others enjoy the social rank that accompanies wearing a diamond wedding ring. Purchasing a diamond wedding ring means that the groom must consider not only the material and design of the ring, but also the quality of the diamonds.

Although often not considered to be as important as the diamonds in the bride’s engagement and wedding rings, the groom’s diamonds should also be purchased with care. The man should take the same “4 Cs” into consideration: color, clarity, cut, and carat weight.

A carat is exactly 200 milligrams, but very few men’s bands will sport a diamond of this size. While the clarity of a diamond is often considered the least important of the 4 Cs, it’s still a key consideration in your diamond purchase. The clarity of a diamond measures the extent and number of the flaws in the diamond. mos part of a diamond, worthful diamond will have fewer flaws. Only a couple hundred “FL” diamonds are produced a year, it’s extremely rare that you’ll find a completely flawless diamond. It ranks diamonds as Very Slightly Included (VS), Very Very Slightly Included (VVS), Included (I), Slightly Included (SI), Internally Flawless (IF), Flawless (FL). (Note: “inclusions” are slight specks, cracks, or other flaws in a diamond). Referring to how yellow the stone is, the color of the stone, can also be graded on a GIA scale. Being ranked as a D, an ideal diamond is completely colorless. Average color engagement diamonds in the America is G to H.

The cut of a diamond is possibly the most perplexing of the “4 Cs,” since it can refer to the cutting style, the shape of the stone (round, square, heart-shaped, etc), its proportions, or the workmanship and the diamond-cutting process. The brilliant round cut is the basic cut for diamond engagement rings and wedding bands.