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Lower Clarity Graded Diamonds Are Often Eye-Clean
Many consumers will shy away from considering SI clarity and certainly I-1 clarity graded diamonds either because of what they have seen, heard, or read. Valid when it involves a mediocre cut diamond as light return to your eye is minimal due to facet mis-alignment.
On the other hand, in a finely cut diamond, light refraction through the Table and Crown facets to your eyes is significantly increased and serves to "mask" your ability to see these inclusions in the face-up position from the normal viewing distance of 8-14 inches and will be "eye-clean" and look like a VS clarity.
As a consequence an I-1 / I-2 clarity grade in a finely cut diamond can represent excellent value and allow a consumer to go up in carat weight as well as Color.
An example of an eye-clean I-1 is attached below.
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