As of December 2021, a two-carat diamond with the color rating G and the clarity rating of VS1 (very slightly included) in the United States had a price of 12,600 U.S. dollars per carat. That was the highest per carat price of any category of diamond in the U.S. at that time.
Diamond price per carat in the United States as of December 2021, by size and quality
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US Geological Survey. (March 27, 2024). Diamond price per carat in the United States as of December 2021, by size and quality (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/801414/us-diamond-price-per-carat-by-quality-and-size/
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