What is a Diamond Grading Report?
A diamond grading report is a document drafted by an accredited gemological laboratory that analyzes a loose diamond’s unique characteristics. It is rare that a laboratory will offer grading services for a diamond already set in jewelry. Typically these reports assess, record, and grade the details of a diamond’s color, clarity, carat weight, and size measurements. Some grading reports also include evaluations of the stone’s symmetry, polish, light performance and fluorescence. Only Round Brilliant diamonds and sometimes Princess, Oval and Emerald cuts receive cut grades.
It is important to understand that a diamond grading report is not an appraisal. It is a professional documentation of a diamond’s distinctive characteristics. There are a number of gemological laboratories that provide diamond certification services; the most famous and internationally recognized are the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the American Gemological Society Laboratories (AGSL), the European Gemological Laboratory (EGL) and the International Gemological Institute (IGI).
An In-Depth Look at Diamond Grading Reports
There are a number of gemological laboratories that provide grading services, but it's important that the laboratory you choose, or the grading report that you receive with your diamond, comes from a legitimate and recognized laboratory. In the diamond industry, these reports are like ID cards. They offer the history of the diamond and all of the most important characteristics of the diamond in an official document. You want to be of all of the details of your diamond, and you want to me 100% certain that the diamond you are buying is the diamond you are getting. The diamond grading report assures this. Take a look at Zoara's Diamond Grading Report Learning Page for more well written information and for an entire tutorial explaining How to Read a Diamond Grading Report.
