With a 3 carat pear, the color grade you choose can be dependant on the color of the ring setting you are going to pair the diamond with. In most shapes, the price difference between an H color, I color and J color diamond can be significant, On the other side of the equation is the effect color has on price. If you want to ensure your diamond doesn’t have a yellow tint, it’s important to try and keep the color as high up the scale as possible. With pear diamonds, this is a particular issue in the ‘point’ of the stone, where yellower colors are much more visible than at the other, more rounded end. Higher carat weight diamonds tend to show up color more easily than smaller stones, especially in the corners where they sparkle less. Lower L/W ratio pear diamonds are generally priced lower that higher L/W ratios, as they use more of the rough diamond (which means less needs to be wasted) and there are more of them available (law of supply and demand coming into effect).Īt 3 carats, a L/W ratio of 1.4 – 1.45 will look great on the finger. However, for higher carat weights, a longer stone can look too large, and a shorter diamond may be preferable, both from a looks point of view, and cost. This can hugely change what a pear shaped diamond looks likeįor smaller pear diamonds, I usually recommend a L/W ration of 1.5:1, as this gives an elegant, elongated appearance. Length-width ratio is, unsurprisingly, the ratio between the length and the width of a diamond: This can mean that two 3 carat diamonds can actually appear very different sizes when set into a ring and viewed from the top.Ĭompared to other shapes, 3 carat pears generally look larger than the-closely related 3 carat heart diamond, but face up smaller than 3 carat oval diamond engagement rings or a marquise diamond at 3 carats, as pears are cut deeper. One important thing to understand when you are looking at 3 carat pear diamonds is that carat weight is a measure of weight rather than size.Ĭarat weight is therefore spread out throughout the volume of the stone ie. Here’s how it looks compared to a 2 carat and a 4 carat: Pear diamonds are one of the ‘spreadiest’ shapes of any diamond, which means that for a given carat weight, they appear larger than other shapes.Ī typical 3 carat pear diamond may be around 13.05mm × 7.86mm × 4.79mm.
The table below will give you an idea of how color and clarity affect a 3 carat diamond’s price: Where that balance lies for you is an individual choice, so it can be worth looking at a few options to where you are comfortable compromising, and where you aren’t. With diamonds, you generally get what you pay for, so ‘cheap’ 3 carat pear shaped diamonds will likely have a low-price for a reason – this may be significant inclusions (or ‘flaws’), yellow tinges of color or an undesirable shape.īut, when buying a diamond, there is always a balance that needs to be found between the 4Cs and the fifth C – cost. $18,000 to $82,000 is a significant range, and the price you will pay will depend on the color, clarity and the ‘make’ if the stone ie. To understand how much a 3 carat pear cut diamond costs, we conducted research across three online diamond aggregation services which collectively have over 1,000,000 diamonds available to choose from, and then checked this against the most widely-accepted list of wholesale diamond prices.
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