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What is a good GIA?
The GIA Cut Grading System applies to the most popular cutting style – the standard round brilliant – and all clarities across the D-to-Z color range. There are five cut grades: Excellent (EX), Very Good (VG), Good (G), Fair (F) and Poor (P). A diamond with an Excellent cut grade is very bright.
What do GIA numbers mean?
A GIA report contains a full scientific and unbiased assessment of your diamond’s 4Cs. GIA reports provide a full description of the diamond, including color, weight, measurements, and cutting style, and will disclose any known treatments.
What does GIA Excellent cut mean?
The cut grade appears as either: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor. For a diamond to be graded as ‘Excellent’, the top category, a diamond must exhibit an even pattern of bright and dark areas. Additional Cut-Related Information on GIA Reports.
What is excellent cut in diamond?
Excellent cut diamonds have an even clear pattern of bright and dark areas and provide the highest level of fire and brilliance because almost all of the incoming light is reflected through the table. Very Good cut diamonds are quite similar to Excellent cut diamonds.
What is considered a very good diamond?
Very Good: This cut represents roughly the top 15\% of diamond cut quality. It reflects nearly as much light as the ideal cut, but for a lower price. Good: This cut represents roughly the top 25\% of diamond cut quality. It reflects most of the light that enters, but not as much as a Very Good cut grade.
What should I look for in a GIA report?
What is the GIA Colored Diamond Grading Report?
- The issue date of the report.
- The unique report number.
- The shape and cut of the stone.
- The dimensions and carat weight of the diamond.
- The origin of the diamond’s hue (distinction between natural and treated coloring)
Are all GIA diamonds engraved?
All GIA graded diamonds have a unique serial number laser inscribed on the girdle which enables you to match the diamond to its certification. If you look carefully, you can see the inscription on the girdle of the diamond below.
Is VS2 clarity good?
And that’s why VS2 clarity diamonds are the grade we recommend most often: they are the least expensive diamonds in the “inclusions you can’t see” pile. You can’t be sure that lower clarity grades won’t have eye-visible inclusions. When grading a diamond’s clarity, graders examine the diamond under 10x magnification.
What should I look for when buying a GIA diamond?
If you want to know the quality of the diamond you’re considering – and you should, because quality and price go hand in hand – then you should look for GIA-graded diamonds and the GIA diamond grading reports that will accompany them. Is every diamond a GIA diamond? No, not all diamonds have been graded by GIA.
What does GIA’s diamond grading report mean?
Rather, like other scientific laboratories, GIA issues a report on the results of its evaluation of a particular diamond and believes “report” is the appropriate term to describe its grading results. This GIA-graded, Internally Flawless 2.78 ct round brilliant cut diamond received GIA’s highest grade for color: D. Photo: Robert Weldon/GIA.
What is the difference between GIA certified and Gia CERT?
The terms “GIA certified” and “GIA cert” are commonly used in the jewelry industry to refer to diamonds that have undergone GIA’s rigorous grading process and to the reports that accompany them. GIA itself does not use the word “certificate” to describe the document it issues.
How do I submit a stone to Gia for grading?
You can drop off a stone at any of GIA’s nine laboratories, located in gem and jewelry capitals around the world, or you can ship it to GIA. However, given the complexities of packaging, shipping and insuring diamonds, and because GIA only grades unmounted gems, your best option is to work with your local jeweler to submit the stone on your behalf.