What are the GIA grades for diamonds?

What are the GIA grades for diamonds?

The GIA assigns the cut of a diamond one of the following grades:

• Excellent (the best grade)
• Very Good.
• Good.
• Fair.
• Poor (the worst grade)

What size diamonds does GIA certify?

0.15 carat
Diamonds eligible for certification must weigh a minimum of 0.15 carat. GIA certification grades four aspects of each diamond, which include color, clarity, cut, and carat weight. These features are commonly called the 4 C’s; jewelers usually recommend buying stones with the highest possible level of each aspect.

What is a good GIA grade?

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 is GIA grade?

“A GIA Diamond Grading Report is a document that the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) provides after a thorough and meticulous examination of your diamond. It provides information for every important characteristic of your diamond. There is more to your diamond than its cut, color, clarity, and carat weight. ”

Are GIA diamonds worth more?

Why are GIA graded diamonds worth more? Because, the diamond market knows that the grading standards for GIA are much stricter than those of EGL USA. Thus they are valued higher.

What is the best grade of diamond?

Flawless
Flawless is the top grade in the GIA Clarity Grading System. Diamonds graded Flawless don’t have visible inclusions or blemishes when examined under 10-power (10X) magnification by a skilled and experienced grader.

Should you only buy GIA diamonds?

Summary. If you are buying a diamond and don’t care if the quality on the “certificate” is one or two grades off, then maybe EGL USA would be just fine. But if you are more quality conscious and want strict grading on your diamond you should stick with GIA.

Is GIA vs IGI better?

Even though both labs are trustworthy and scientific, we believe for today’s discerning buyer, IGI certified is the overall better option when buying a lab grown diamond. Unsurprisingly, IGI certified diamonds costing less outweighs any other advantage a GIA certificate might have.

Can a jeweler tell the difference between lab grown diamonds?

Can a Jeweler Tell That a Diamond is Lab Grown? No. Ada’s lab diamonds and natural diamonds of the same quality look the same, even to a trained eye. Traditional jewelers’ tools such as microscopes or loupes cannot detect the difference between a laboratory-grown diamond and a natural, mined diamond.

Which is better VS1 or VS2?

A VS1 diamond has no visible inclusions and under 10x magnification, the inclusions are almost unidentifiable. These diamonds make up the top 5 percent of all gem-quality stones. VS2 diamonds will only have eye-visible inclusions 5 percent or less of the time, which are more common in stones over 1 carat.

Which is better VS or VVS?

On the one hand, in almost all cases, the lower (VS) clarity will not be evident to the naked eye. On the other hand, the higher (VVS) clarity represents a diamond that is closer to perfect – and rarer – than the lower-clarity stone. For some, the decision might be driven by the cut and shape of the diamond.