Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Diamond Certificates

A Diamond Grading Certificate should be considered as the diamond's "birth certificate." All of its characteristics, including the Shape, Colour, Clarity and Carat Weight are posted on it, along with specifications such as Polish, Symmetry, Girdle, Culet Size, and Fluorescence as well as the diamond dimensions. In addition to this, the location and position of each flaw and imperfection are also accurately mapped and shown on the certificate, so any trained gemmologist can tell immediately if the diamond you have purchased actually matches its certificate, and as an added safeguard, most diamonds now have the certificate number LASER inscribed onto the girdle (outer edge) of the diamond.


HRD diamond laboratory


The above gemmological labs are amongst the most widely recognised in the industry, there are many others such as EGL, IGI etc but we tend to supply stones that have been independently certified by one of these three labs as a rule.

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