My dog ate my diamond certificate, but my diamond supposedly has a laser inscribed number on it. Can I just get a replacement diamond certificate?

Make sure that your dog doesn't eat your diamond, this wouldn't be reversible, not for the diamond nor for your dog. Once you have your diamond's GIA certificate ID number then you could have a new certificate by no time. Just enter the GIA website and read their instructions.

• 8
• 6

I'm not entirely certain, but I think that depends on whether you got the diamond certified yourself at the GIA, and are therefore on record as having an account there, or whether you purchased the diamond with a GIA diamond certificate from a jewelry store or something. If you are already an account holder with the GIA, then you can easily request a replacement report, as long as your prove your identity, and probably without having to show them the diamond again. However, if you purchased the diamond with a diamond certificate, you will probably have to send the diamond in so the gemologists can examine it under a microscope and verify the laser inscribed number. I can imagine it is far less expensive than getting a whole new diamond grading report done, although I can't tell you numbers. Why don't you get in touch with the GIA and ask them more specifically what you should do?

• 9
• 6

Actually I'm pretty sure that you're in a bind here in terms of getting a replacement diamond certificate at a reduced cost. I know that the major industry providers of diamond certificates and grading reports need the original certificate in order to process a follow-up, or in your case, replacement certificate. I'm sure they'll be able to look you up, espeically with the laser inscription, and provide you with a replacement diamond certificate, but i highly doubt that it'll be at a reduced rate. PS... did your dog seriosuly eat the diamond certificate? really? I can't imagine how that happened, but I really hope that you have insurance for that ring or whatever diamond jewelery it is that you got certified. Good luck with that...

• 6
• 6

The good news about your situation and needing a replacement diamond certificate is the fact that secondary of follow-up reports are typically anywhere between 25%-75% less in cost than an original report. I only remember that because I got a GIA Diamong Grading Report for the loose solitaire diamond of my wife's diamond engagemnet ring, and they were asking 50% of the reporting fee because I asked for the follow-up within a year. If I had waited it would have been 75% of the original cost.

• 6
• 6

I think it should no problem at all for you to get a replacement diamond certificate. That is the whole point of laser inscribing diamonds - so that they have a sort of barcode and can be identified in the future, even without a diamond certificate. I'm almost positive that you'll have to send your diamond in to the GIA laboratories for first hand observation. In the US there are laboratories in New York and Los Angeles, but if you life elsewhere you can have your diamond secure shipped to one of these destinations.

• 6
• 8