What is a Diamond Grading Certificate?
Simply put, a diamond certificate is a complete evaluation of your diamond that has been performed by a qualified professional with the help of special gemological instruments. As you probably know, every diamond, like every fingerprint, is unique and distinguishable from every other. Each stone bears its own recognizable, individual characteristics. The certificate will map out all this information about your diamond in a picture–sort of like a photo ID. Properly speaking, a gemological laboratory issues a diamond grading report, not a certificate. Since a grading report is a statement of opinion, its value depends largely on whose opinion it is. Who Issues Diamond Grading Reports? There are quite a few institutions worldwide that issue diamond grading reports. To avoid a conflict of interest, the best of these organizations are not involved in the buying, selling, or appraising of gems or jewelry. The blue-chip standard of diamond grading reports is issued by the Gemological Institu
