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Jewelry · Cut first, weight last
Diamond budget
Enter a budget and the metal colour. The instrument allocates it across the four grades in the order that produces the best stone to look at, and draws the result to scale.
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Prices are indicative market ranges for well cut certified stones, not quotations. The point is the allocation and the size, and both hold even when the prices move.
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