Available in print or the GIA App

GIA now offers both printed and digital GIA Diamond Dossier^® reports as a part of our commitment to innovation as well as supporting you and your customers’ needs. To ensure you have what you need for your business, we will also continue to develop robust, secure and compelling digital versions of all our laboratory reports.

Do more with reports than ever before

The GIA App will continue to provide report information for all reports issued by GIA. Through the GIA App, you can scan QR codes to view digital reports, share reports and save reports.

The digital Report Access Card offers another convenient way to share diamond grading information with your customers. You can include this digital card in new purchase appraisal documents, printed or digital receipts and more. The digital Report Access Card is available for Diamond Dossiers on Report Check at GIA.edu or via the Report Results API.

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The international B2B sourcing event will return from February 12 to 14, 2023, at DWTC, with more exhibitors and the JWA Dubai Awards Presentation Ceremony.

Building on the success of its maiden edition, Jewellery, Gem & Technology Dubai (JGT Dubai) is returning to the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from February 12 to 14, 2023, with more world-class exhibitors, product introductions and the second annual JWA Dubai Awards Presentation Ceremony and Panel Discussion.

Designed around the show theme, “The Centre of Business,” and positioned as “the fair to expand international business into new markets,” JGT Dubai is seeing solid demand for booth space from international suppliers angling for a strong start to the buying season. The second edition is all set to present the latest offerings of about 400 major suppliers from more than 20 countries and regions, representing at least a 30% increase in exhibitor numbers compared with the 2022 inaugural show.

Thousands of wholesalers, importers, distributors, manufacturers and retailers from the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, all within 7 hours of flying time from Dubai, are expected to attend JGT Dubai. As companies begin their recovery from nearly three years of disruption, the show is anticipated to draw a high concentration of buying power in the industry. Online registration for trade visitors is now open. 

The first sourcing experience of its kind in 2023, JGT Dubai is a joint venture of two of the industry’s leading events groups, namely Informa Markets Jewellery – organizer of the world’s biggest fine jewelry marketplace, Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong (JGW), and Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG), organizer of Vicenzaoro, one of the most influential jewelry shows worldwide and the top European trade fair in the sector. Their combined resources, global reach and local knowledge is further enhanced by the support of DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), JGT Dubai’s Official Partner, and the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group (DGJG), the fair’s Industry Partner.

JGT Dubai 2023 counts industry-leading companies representing the finished and semi-finished jewelry, loose gemstone and jewelry technology categories among its exhibitors.

The list includes diamond manufacturers Choron Diamonds DMCC, G. Arabov, Hari Krishna Exports, SRK, Taché and Yondor Diamonds; coloured gemstone specialists Blue Gems Supplier, Emerald 18, Noor Gems Japan and Takat Gems USA, and finished jewelry producers Chrysos, Graziella Group, KGK Jewellery (HK), La Marquise Diamonds & Watches, and Royalking Jewellery, to name a few. Jewelry technology solutions providers, including Balestri Technologies, Graphite Hi Tech and Sisma, will also have a strong representation at the fair. The latest exhibitor list can be viewed at this link.

Adding excitement to the JGT Dubai show floor is the second annual JWA Dubai Awards Presentation Ceremony and Panel Discussion, which will take place on Day 1 of the fair. The regional edition of Informa Markets Jewellery’s Jewellery World Awards (JWA), JWA Dubai is one of the industry’s most prestigious yearly celebrations of exceptional individuals and businesses within the Middle East’s jewelry and gemstone sector.

For the 2023 edition, the Awards will have four categories, namely, Brand of the Year – Retail, Outstanding Enterprise of the Year, Outstanding Coloured Gemstone Enterprise of the Year and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Confidence is the “fifth C” of the diamond sector and its role has rapidly gained increased importance at every touchpoint of a diamond’s journey. Customers, suppliers, financiers and end consumers all have a rightfully heightened demand of assurance when it comes to diamonds. With more than 130 years of experience as a leader in the industry, De Beers Group is dedicated to building and solidifying confidence within every touchpoint our diamonds reach. Designed to combine expertise with innovative technology in grading, De Beers Institute of Diamonds provides our industry with the very best in diamond verification with a range of products and services that provide confidence in product integrity, product knowledge and product assessment.

At the De Beers Institute of Diamonds, our grading is guided by three key principles:

Accuracy – Our laboratories use market leading instruments and proprietary technology to support our grading, providing the most accurate and consistent diamond appraisals.

Integrity – In using a ‘black box’ system – where diamonds are distributed in anonymous boxes so that each diamond is appraised fairly according only to its features – ensures the integrity of all our processes.

Consistency – Our team is built around some of the world’s most experienced graders, who undergo rigorous training, carrying the knowledge and expertise to evaluate every diamond accurately and consistently, wherever it was mined.

Every diamond we grade as part of our services is natural, untreated and from a recognized diamond producer.

We believe there is more to a diamond than its weight and appearance. We work only with natural diamonds, disclosed to us as compliant with the United Nations mandated World Diamond Council Kimberley Process – a foundational commitment to the modern diamond industry. Additionally, an assessment from De Beers Institute of Diamonds provides diamantaires with confidence in a report of each diamond’s 4Cs of carat, color, clarity and cut. Every diamond graded at De Beers Institute of Diamonds is given a unique inscription number, allowing the diamond details to be tracked and viewed on our website, for added peace of mind.

Every diamond we handle has benefited from our unrivalled range of accumulated expertise and exclusive proprietary technology – the most advanced diamond services and verification instruments in the trade.

Hardwiring our expertise into technology underpins our ability to give customers accurate, reliable and repeatable outcomes within our diamond grading services. Our technology leadership ensures our customers can have 100% trust in both the integrity and assessments of their diamonds, helping them in turn offer this priceless commodity to their own supply chain partners. This confidence is passed to the end consumer, providing both promise and security that their diamond has been on a journey filled with our guiding principles of transparency, accuracy and consistency.

Without the ability in instill confidence within the industry and directly the consumer, a diamond holds very little value. Empowering the industry with our expertise channeled into technology and grading allows De Beers to deliver the most reputable product on the market. Diamonds are so much more than just their unique beauty and De Beers Institute of Diamonds ensures their story remains as intact as their sparkle.

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The Growing Popularity of Laboratory-Grown Diamonds

Laboratory-grown diamonds are increasingly available in greater quantities, higher quality and new colors at price points that many find attractive. It is no wonder then that laboratory-grown diamonds are a growing presence in the marketplace, with more and more being sent to GIA laboratories for evaluation and grading.

These diamonds play an important role in the marketplace. However, laboratory-grown and natural diamonds have vastly different origin stories, and consumers purchase each with different considerations. Whatever their preference, consumers deserve to know what they’re purchasing. It is with consumer protection in mind that we, as the most trusted organization in diamond research and diamond grading, strive continually towards advancements in diamond detection techniques and technology.

The Challenge of Distinguishing Laboratory­ Grown from Natural Diamonds

Recently, GIA encountered several instances of laboratory-grown diamonds inscribed with report numbers belonging to natural diamonds. These laboratory-grown diamonds had 4Cs grades and measurements closely resembling those listed on accompanying natural diamond reports. Driven by our mission to protect consumers, GIA performs detailed and thorough analysis and overwrites these counterfeit inscriptions with Xs, issues a GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report, and inscribes the stone with the new report number and the phrase ‘Laboratory-Grown.’

These occurrences demonstrate the need for reliable ways to identify laboratory-grown diamonds. Impossible to differentiate from natural diamonds with the unaided eye, they typically require advanced testing in gemological laboratories to determine their identity.

Identify Diamonds In-Store with the GIA iD100®

In response to the needs of the trade, GIA created the GIA iD100 — a convenient desktop instrument that can distinguish natural diamonds from laboratory-grown diamonds, diamond simulants and some treated diamonds in under two seconds with 100% accuracy.

With this small yet powerful instrument, you can test diamonds, both loose and mounted, from the convenience of your own store. It can also be used for demonstrations to increase client confidence.

Highly adaptable, the GIA iD100 is able to test colorless to near-colorless, blue-to-green and brown diamonds, as well as pink diamonds if the GIA iD100 Pink Diamond Software Upgrade is added. The Pink Diamond Software Upgrade utilizes the advanced spectroscopic technology in the device combined with GIA’s diamond identification research to distinguish natural pink diamonds from laboratory-grown (HPHT and CVD) diamonds, simulants and natural diamonds whose pink color is introduced by treatments involving irradiation and annealing.

To use, simply point its probe at a stone to receive a result; the probe can be manipulated to reach every diamond in mounted jewelry and can read stones as small as 0.9mm in diameter. Results are easy to read. You don’t need to interpret graphs, colors, reference charts or data to know whether your stone is natural. In just two seconds, you get a simple “Pass” for natural diamonds and “Refer” for stones that need further testing.

In the event that your stone needs further testing, let the experts at GIA tell you the identity of your stone. If the stone proves to be laboratory-grown, our graders can issue a GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report. Our new, updated Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report is fully digital and provides detailed color and clarity specifications and a plot of the laboratory-grown stone’s clarity characteristics, so that you know the quality of your stone. The report also states the stone’s growth method-high­ pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD)-as well as any post-growth treatments.

The Innovative Research Behind the GIA iD100

At GIA. we are uniquely positioned to offer this advanced diamond-detecting instrument due to our over sixty years of diamond research, our insight from grading millions of diamonds every year, and the information we collect from growing CVD diamonds in-house for research purposes. Our laboratory has performed systematic studies of natural diamonds, laboratory-grown diamonds, colored diamonds and simulants, so that we are familiar with each and can ensure accurate stone identification.

The technology of the GIA iD100 sets this device apart from other diamond testing devices. Rather than using UV light, which can lead to false readings, the GIA iD100 uses highly-sensitive spectroscopy technologies to detect trace amounts of lattice defects in diamonds — one of the most accurate and advanced techniques available to determine if a stone is natural. The portable device is non­ destructive to stones and was created to be fast, accurate, affordable, the ultimate diamond-detecting triple-threat. It encapsulates GIA’s diamond-detecting expertise and technology for the best price in its class — $5.495.00.

According to third-party testing results, the iD100 has a 0% false positive rate, meaning it will never pass a laboratory-grown diamond as a natural diamond. With the GIA iD100, you can be confident about the identity of the jewelry that you acquire and sell every day.

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Formed in 2016 as a price discovery mechanism for Namibian diamonds, NAMDIA has been relentless in pursuing its mandate. Over the years many milestones have been achieved and this event marked another one.

The ‘Eumbo Star’, graded as a rare 15.06 Carat D color flawless diamond was unveiled as a symbol of new beginnings and joint good fortunes. It was partially named after the NAMDIA headquarters in Windhoek which derives its origins from the Oshiwambo word for ‘home’. The building itself is a historic reminder of the course followed by many. The location served as a sanctuary and social hub for struggle stalwarts of all races, during the pre-independence era.

The rest of its name is derived from the past, in days long forgotten, when kin and friend still shared tradition and dreams around the fire and under the night sky, when elders spoke of a star. A special, a shooting star – which was interpreted as a sign of forthcoming good luck, fertility and love. It was said that whoever first laid eyes on the streak of light left in its wake, was granted their sincerest wish.

The ‘Eumbo Star’ is as enchanting as the Namibian night sky and is a flawlessly symmetrical stone that stands as the grand testament of the ethos behind the joint venture agreement entered into between NAMDIA and Samir Gems DMCC; its global partner in this initiative.

Together they are transforming this large diamond from a rough stone to a stunning final gem with the intent to trial a new exciting way for Namibians to gain more from each diamond sold on their behalf internationally.

It is the first diamond that goes to market with a name given to it by Namibians and will reach the market as a gem that is identified as being truly Namibian. In the past, Namibian diamonds did not make it to market but were rather mixed into batches consisting of diamonds from other countries to create an attractive purse that jewel manufacturers would buy. This has all changed thanks to NAMDIA.

Before NAMDIA, no purely Namibian selection of diamonds was sold by themselves and the true value that Namibian diamonds fetched was not known. With six years of NAMDIA’s operations, that value is becoming more accurately determined by the Namibian Government, and an additional step has been taken to determine how much more value can be retained by Namibia through beneficiation with manufacturing jewellers.

Thus the ‘Eumbo Star’ blazes a path not only for itself but for many stones still to pass through the value chain of NAMDIA in the future. NAMDIA communicates this strategy with the guiding principle; ‘Every Diamond is a promise fulfilled’.

Unpacking this statement, NAMDIA makes the following vows about itself and its operations. The first being a spirit of accountability to the nation of Namibia for every diamond that passes through its hands. The second being that of taking actions while under the guidance of a purpose to contribute to the upliftment of all Namibians by maximizing the full value of Diamonds. This in turn is demonstrated by the dividend that is delivered to the Government of the Republic of Namibia and the social economic impact to the broader Namibian house.

On the sidelines of the launch event, The Acting CEO of NAMDIA; Mrs. Lelly Usiku re-iterated great pride in being able to be part of the journey that allows Namibians to benefit more from their natural resources. She thanked her team, her Board, the relevant line Ministers, the Government, the Namibian Police and other partners for the role they play continually with each carat handled to make this promise a reality.

She also thanked Samir Gems DMCC for being a partner that believes in Namibia and its dream of gaining more from its resources with the same zeal and intensity as NAMDIA. She believes that Namibia has a rich history of diamond recovery, but through Joint Ventures like these Namibia gains a future of great value addition.

She re-emphasised the fact that Namibian diamonds have unique characteristics, shaped by time, smoothened and weathered by the ocean and touched by the history of her people. These facets gift them a brilliance allowing them to stand apart and engage like no other gems on the global stage.

She further expanded on how Samir Gems DMCC offers a chance to reach out to the world stage in a more emboldened way, given Samir Gems DMCC’s current presence in major markets such as Belgium, Mumbai, New York and Hong Kong. All being major markets that account for the demand of the highest quality stones globally, in both rough and finished forms.

It is noted that Joint Ventures like these are a chance for NAMDIA to unlock greater value, through the bolstering of relationships with sight-holders and increasing revenues through downstream beneficiation. NAMDIA Board Chairperson, Bryan Eiseb added that, “To sell a Namibian diamond is to sell the story of this nation and its people.”

After his keynote speech, he expressed how each diamond from Namibia embodies the beauty of its people, and a unique means to put the nation’s name on the world stage. He further hoped that Namibian diamonds will draw more visitors to the country to experience not only its history around their recovery but also to experience the equally majestic and unique offerings of its tourism industry.

By providing 100% Namibian rough diamonds to the world, NAMDIA delivers on its mandate to ensure each diamond generates the most value for Namibia. This event and past activities of NAMDIA prove that these are not words but actions that the entire NAMDIA staff lives everyday.

NAMDIA is not only committed to putting the story of Namibia’s diamonds on a global stage but also to investing in Namibian communities. Through the NAMDIA Foundation, NAMDIA’s Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle which was founded with the purpose to combat Namibia’s social and economic ills through the fields of Education, Health & Sports. NAMDIA has invested over N$ 30 million, since inception into various charity and philanthropic programs and anticipates continuing being involved in life changing initiatives in Namibian communities.

With each carat NAMDIA markets, it is not only putting the unique story of Namibia’s Diamonds on the world stage but actively contributing to Namibia’s socio-economic development. That is why all of NAMDIA’s team is proud to say. “We are NAMDIA, and we are the promise of Namibian diamonds fulfilled.”

Find out more about how NAMDIA fulfils the promise of Namibian diamonds at www.namdia.com.

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Laboratory-grown diamonds are increasingly available in greater quantities, higher quality and new colors at price points that many find attractive. It is no wonder, then, that laboratory-grown diamonds are a growing presence in the marketplace.

Laboratory-grown diamonds are appealing options for consumers looking for affordable, attractive alternatives to natural diamonds. They make it easier for consumers to size up or go higher in 4Cs quality. They also come in vibrant colors such as pink, blue, or green that are incredibly rare in natural diamonds. Finally, they are often the go-to for consumers who are looking for diamonds that are ethically sourced or created in an environmentally-friendly way.

Why Are GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Reports Important?

Are you and your staff prepared to identify or to recognize the quality of laboratory-grown diamonds that you come across? Virtually impossible to separate from natural diamonds with the unaided eye, laboratory-grown diamonds require testing to determine their identity. We at GIA want to ensure that both you and your clients always know the identity and quality of what’s being purchased. That is why we updated our reports for laboratory-grown diamonds in 2020. The GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report (LGDR) makes it easier than ever before for consumers to know the identity of their diamonds as well as fully understand their quality.

Key Features of the Updated LGDR

When a laboratory-grown diamond is submitted to our laboratory, it is first examined to determine if it is natural or laboratory-grown. Then, GIA graders evaluate it using the 4Cs, a standard of evaluation created by GIA and implemented all over the world. Our graders evaluate each laboratory-grown diamond with the same meticulous care as natural diamonds. The GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report provides detailed color and clarity specifications, honing in with greater insight than ever before and allowing consumers to make crystal-clear decisions. The report also includes a plot of the stone’s clarity characteristics.

Using spectroscopy and other advanced testing methods, GIA graders can determine how a diamond was grown — through the High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) method or the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. This information is then included in the report. In addition to stating a diamond’s growth method, the Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report also states whether any post-growth treatments were detected. Diamonds, whether laboratory-grown or natural, can be treated using the HPHT method to acquire a fancy color, such as pink, blue, green or yellow, or to improve the color of a D-to-Z diamond. GIA’s LGDR lets consumers know whether their diamonds have been treated in this way to enhance their color.

A Digital Report

Our updated Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report is entirely digital. Through the GIA Report Check service on GIA.edu, diamond information can be viewed anytime, anywhere at consumers’ convenience in a secure way. Digital reports improve sustainability and security by storing data securely and reducing the paper and energy needed to produce and transport reports each year. As we continue to advance in technology and consumer protection, we promise that no matter the medium — paper or digital — we will continue to deliver vital gem data and knowledge to the clients that need them.

Why GIA?

Determining diamond identity, growth method and treatment require scientific expertise. At GIA, we are uniquely positioned to provide this information due to our over 60 years of diamond research, the knowledge we have gained from grading millions of diamonds every year, and the information we collect from growing CVD diamonds in-house for research purposes. Grown by science, laboratory-grown diamonds deserve the expertise of scientists. Our new Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report serves up the brilliance you expect from the institute you trust. Knowing the identity and quality of the diamonds that you purchase and sell can help you confidently add laboratory-grown diamond inventory to your store and help add sparkle to your clients’ shopping bags.

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Distinguishing natural diamonds from laboratory-grown stones has been difficult for jewelers. Until now.

The Growing Popularity of Laboratory-Grown Diamonds

Laboratory-grown diamonds are increasingly available in greater quantities, higher quality and new colors at price points that many find attractive. It is no wonder then that laboratory-grown diamonds are a growing presence in the marketplace, with more and more being sent to GIA laboratories for evaluation and grading.

These diamonds play an important role in the marketplace. However, laboratory-grown and natural diamonds have vastly different origin stories, and consumers purchase each with different considerations. Whatever their preference, consumers deserve to know what they’re purchasing. It is with consumer protection in mind that we, as the most trusted organization in diamond research and diamond grading, strive continually towards advancements in diamond detection techniques and technology.

The Challenge of Distinguishing Laboratory­ Grown from Natural Diamonds

Recently, GIA encountered several instances of laboratory-grown diamonds inscribed with report numbers belonging to natural diamonds. These laboratory-grown diamonds had 4Cs grades and measurements closely resembling those listed on accompanying natural diamond reports. Driven by our mission to protect consumers, GIA performs detailed and thorough analysis and overwrites these counterfeit inscriptions with Xs, issues a GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report, and inscribes the stone with the new report number and the phrase ‘Laboratory-Grown.’

These occurrences demonstrate the need for reliable ways to identify laboratory-grown diamonds. Impossible to differentiate from natural diamonds with the unaided eye, they typically require advanced testing in gemological laboratories to determine their identity.

Identify Diamonds In-Store with the GIA iD100®

In response to the needs of the trade, GIA created the GIA iD100 — a convenient desktop instrument that can distinguish natural diamonds from laboratory-grown diamonds, diamond simulants and some treated diamonds in under two seconds with 100% accuracy.

With this small yet powerful instrument, you can test diamonds, both loose and mounted, from the convenience of your own store. It can also be used for demonstrations to increase client confidence.

Highly adaptable, the GIA iD100 is able to test colorless to near-colorless, blue-to-green and brown diamonds, as well as pink diamonds if the GIA iD100 Pink Diamond Software Upgrade is added. The Pink Diamond Software Upgrade utilizes the advanced spectroscopic technology in the device combined with GIA’s diamond identification research to distinguish natural pink diamonds from laboratory-grown (HPHT and CVD) diamonds, simulants and natural diamonds whose pink color is introduced by treatments involving irradiation and annealing.

To use, simply point its probe at a stone to receive a result; the probe can be manipulated to reach every diamond in mounted jewelry and can read stones as small as 0.9mm in diameter. Results are easy to read. You don’t need to interpret graphs, colors, reference charts or data to know whether your stone is natural. In just two seconds, you get a simple “Pass” for natural diamonds and “Refer” for stones that need further testing.

In the event that your stone needs further testing, let the experts at GIA tell you the identity of your stone. If the stone proves to be laboratory-grown, our graders can issue a GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report. Our new, updated Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report is fully digital and provides detailed color and clarity specifications and a plot of the laboratory-grown stone’s clarity characteristics, so that you know the quality of your stone. The report also states the stone’s growth method-high­ pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD)-as well as any post-growth treatments.

The Innovative Research Behind the GIA iD100

At GIA. we are uniquely positioned to offer this advanced diamond-detecting instrument due to our over sixty years of diamond research, our insight from grading millions of diamonds every year, and the information we collect from growing CVD diamonds in-house for research purposes. Our laboratory has performed systematic studies of natural diamonds, laboratory-grown diamonds, colored diamonds and simulants, so that we are familiar with each and can ensure accurate stone identification.

The technology of the GIA iD100 sets this device apart from other diamond testing devices. Rather than using UV light, which can lead to false readings, the GIA iD100 uses highly-sensitive spectroscopy technologies to detect trace amounts of lattice defects in diamonds — one of the most accurate and advanced techniques available to determine if a stone is natural. The portable device is non­ destructive to stones and was created to be fast, accurate, affordable, the ultimate diamond-detecting triple-threat. It encapsulates GIA’s diamond-detecting expertise and technology for the best price in its class — $5.495.00.

According to third-party testing results, the iD100 has a 0% false positive rate, meaning it will never pass a laboratory-grown diamond as a natural diamond. With the GIA iD100, you can be confident about the identity of the jewelry that you acquire and sell every day.

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Laboratory-grown diamonds are increasingly available in greater quantities, higher quality and new colors at price points that many find attractive. It is no wonder, then, that laboratory-grown diamonds are a growing presence in the marketplace.

Laboratory-grown diamonds are appealing options for consumers looking for affordable, attractive alternatives to natural diamonds. They make it easier for consumers to size up or go higher in 4Cs quality. They also come in vibrant colors such as pink, blue, or green that are incredibly rare in natural diamonds. Finally, they are often the go-to for consumers who are looking for diamonds that are ethically sourced or created in an environmentally-friendly way.

Why Are GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Reports Important?

Are you and your staff prepared to identify or to recognize the quality of laboratory-grown diamonds that you come across? Virtually impossible to separate from natural diamonds with the unaided eye, laboratory-grown diamonds require testing to determine their identity. We at GIA want to ensure that both you and your clients always know the identity and quality of what’s being purchased. That is why we updated our reports for laboratory-grown diamonds in 2020. The GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report (LGDR) makes it easier than ever before for consumers to know the identity of their diamonds as well as fully understand their quality.

Key Features of the Updated LGDR

When a laboratory-grown diamond is submitted to our laboratory, it is first examined to determine if it is natural or laboratory-grown. Then, GIA graders evaluate it using the 4Cs, a standard of evaluation created by GIA and implemented all over the world. Our graders evaluate each laboratory-grown diamond with the same meticulous care as natural diamonds. The GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report provides detailed color and clarity specifications, honing in with greater insight than ever before and allowing consumers to make crystal-clear decisions. The report also includes a plot of the stone’s clarity characteristics.

Using spectroscopy and other advanced testing methods, GIA graders can determine how a diamond was grown — through the High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) method or the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. This information is then included in the report. In addition to stating a diamond’s growth method, the Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report also states whether any post-growth treatments were detected. Diamonds, whether laboratory-grown or natural, can be treated using the HPHT method to acquire a fancy color, such as pink, blue, green or yellow, or to improve the color of a D-to-Z diamond. GIA’s LGDR lets consumers know whether their diamonds have been treated in this way to enhance their color.

A Digital Report

Our updated Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report is entirely digital. Through the GIA Report Check service on GIA.edu, diamond information can be viewed anytime, anywhere at consumers’ convenience in a secure way. Digital reports improve sustainability and security by storing data securely and reducing the paper and energy needed to produce and transport reports each year. As we continue to advance in technology and consumer protection, we promise that no matter the medium — paper or digital — we will continue to deliver vital gem data and knowledge to the clients that need them.

Why GIA?

Determining diamond identity, growth method and treatment require scientific expertise. At GIA, we are uniquely positioned to provide this information due to our over 60 years of diamond research, the knowledge we have gained from grading millions of diamonds every year, and the information we collect from growing CVD diamonds in-house for research purposes. Grown by science, laboratory-grown diamonds deserve the expertise of scientists. Our new Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report serves up the brilliance you expect from the institute you trust. Knowing the identity and quality of the diamonds that you purchase and sell can help you confidently add laboratory-grown diamond inventory to your store and help add sparkle to your clients’ shopping bags.

gia.edu

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