Rough Diamond Prices 2018

The price of a fancy light blue diamond weighing 1 07 carats in 1999 was 22 600 per carat at an auction at christie s in new york compared with a fancy light blue diamond weighing 5 06 carats sold at the same auction house for a total of 286 000 per carat more than 12 times the last price in 2016.

Rough diamond prices 2018.

For the rough goods weight from 2 50 to 4 00 carats fine and commercial. Determining prices of rough. Note the price dip late 2008 the economic crisis and recent stabilization or even rises. The good classification of the crystalline structure of rough diamonds is determining the calculation of the purchase price indeed all crystalline shapes of diamonds do not have the same yield.

Rough natural white 1 45ct 5 250 00 rough octahedron natural yellow 6 50ct 12 000 00 1ct rough diamond from the alrosa mines in russia 105 00 1ct rough diamond from the argyle mine in australia. De beers organizes ten sights annually where they set the prices. Diamond price chart for round diamonds. The stone structure will yield approximately 50 percent of the finished diamond the shapes structure will yield 45 percent the cleavages structure will yield 35 percent the macles structure will.

Diamonds under 4ct never rose as much nor fell as far. From us 1 500 per carat. Fine are better goods and priced about 50 higher than commercial. According to figures from the antwerp world diamond centre the average price of imports of rough diamonds to antwerp has risen by 10 in the first three months of 2018 to 120 per carat from 109 per carat.

During the sight sessions the company presents several collections of rough diamonds to sight holders. A good value good quality 1 carat diamond should cost you around 4 500 6 000. From us 2 600 per carat. Sounds simple but that is overpaying.

Initially de beers had 85 of the rough diamonds. Each compilation is usually from 1 25 million dollars. Blue diamonds weighing 3 carats and up. Prices update monthly this round diamond price chart shows changes in diamond prices over the past few years for different sizes.

In global diamond industry report 2013 the authors forecast that rough diamond production will grow at an average annual rate of 4 8 from now until 2018 reaching a peak level of 169 million. These include the 4 cs carat weight cut color and clarity and other factors are also taken into account such as polish symmetry fluorescence and shape. Today the company owns 35 40 of all rough diamonds. Diamond prices index 206 3 1 3 updated september 1 2020 next update october 1 2020 determining the price of a diamond or its value involves many of the factors we discuss on our diamond grading page.