Diamond Facts and Diamond Grading Information - How to select the best Diamond - AwesomeGems.com The results are more visually stunning diamonds that you can purchase for significantly less than a similar-looking, non-enhanced diamonds, where only you and your jeweler will ever really know that you own a CE or HPHT Enhanced Diamond. ~~ When light attempts to pass through a non-enhanced diamond that may have typical feather inclusions, the light hits the feather and reflects off in any number of directions. ~~ The beam of light "thinks" it's still traveling through the same material (diamond) and continues its original course. ~~ The CE clarity enhancement is permanent and is not visible to the naked eye, except the only things likely to compromise the integrity of your CE diamond's enhancement are the flame of a torch or boiling acids and bases. ~~

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The 4 C's, when referring to diamond value, are color, clarity, carat weight and cut. ~~~ The criteria for diamond grading, most respected internationally, was ~~~ Here are examples: The diamond below will weigh more because of the shallow crown, and exaggerated table size. ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~

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Diamond Doctor have a wide range of earring collection including hangings, hoops, diamond ~~~ Any diamond grade offered while a stone is still in its mounting should be noted ~~~ Colors J, K, L This grading range offers some nice diamonds if they are proportioned properly. ~~ Be wary of jewelers offering fancy yellow colored diamonds, however. ~~ Do not accept the term fancy for any diamond you purchase unless it is accompanied by an origin of color report and a diamond grading report from a recognized gemological lab that identifies the stone as being of natural color origin and truly fancy in color.Fancy Colors Diamonds exist in almost every color of the rainbow, from the very rare red to the sometimes radioactive greens. ~~ The lower quality brown diamonds are often used in cheaper promotional quality jewelry items, such as those sold by Wal-Mart, Sears and discount stores. ~~

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In Green Bay WI diamond grading, diamond, diamonds, four c's G.I.A. color clarity cut carat A.G.S. triple zero dial proportions polish symmetry fire ~~~ The only System that meets these criteria is G.I.A. ~~ are the initials of the Gemological Institute of America. ~~ They do not buy and sell diamonds. ~~ Shipley who is often referred to as the “Father of Gemology in America”. ~~

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A diamond's cost is based on the characteristics known as the "4 C's" ~~~ The closer a diamond grades to the left of one or all of these scales the rarer and the ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~

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AGS Diamond Quality reports are popular with Pricescoper's buying unseen' because that lab has a better cut grade system for rounds and a few other shapes. ~~~ a diamond with a GIA report usually sells for more than one with the same reported grade from EGL. ~~ See Pricescope Grading Survey GIA grading reports are the most common listed on the web (about 3/4's of all listings) AGS Diamond Quality reports are popular with Pricescoper’s buying ‘unseen’ because that lab has a better cut grade system for rounds and a few other shapes. ~~ EGL is also a big lab and was a global franchise until the slightly stricter American EGL split away. ~~ Grading reports include these features below (the bold ones are in the Quick and Easy tutorial): Cut Shape Carat weight Color Clarity Dimensions Treatments Cut grades Symmetry & Polish Girdle inscriptions Fluorescence A unique report number Plotting diagram Comments Holograms Most Lab’s have web based online confirmation services. ~~

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Experts name color as the number one consideration in choosing a diamond. ~~~ Color Clarity Grade, Diamond Grades Quality Information & Diamond Grade Scale. ~~~ If all other factors are equal, the less color in a diamond or the higher color rating, the more valuable a diamond becomes. ~~ These natural phenomena are called inclusions.There are five categories in class that anyone interested in purchasing a diamond should be aware of when grading clarity. ~~ VVS1 - VVS2 (Very, Very Slightly Included) Very difficult to see inclusions under 10x magnification. ~~ These are less expensive than the VVS1 or VVS2 grades. ~~

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The New York Diamond Exchange 877-693-4239, offers all grades, cuts, colors and clarity of diamond selections, including flawless diamonds. ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~

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Diamond Doctor have a wide range of earring collection including hangings, hoops, diamond ~~~ If you can see an inclusion without magnification, it is not in the above grades. ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~

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