Usually when you buy diamonds online, be they loose diamonds or certified diamond engagement rings, these stones have been graded, tested and examined by a gemologist. This is what a certification is for. If your gia certified diamond engagement rings come with a certification, you can know for a fact that they are in fact real diamonds, but also that they are quality diamonds. The certification of a diamond is also known as Diamond Grading and is an overall report of where the diamond is from, who graded it, and what grade it received. It also entails the exact measurements, weight, and cut of the diamond.

Next step before buying certified diamond engagement rings is to learn about the property of that particular stone. The property of a stone is based on four C’s. First C represents the cut of diamond. The depth cut of a diamond should be from 58 to 68 percent. The second C is the color which ranges from transparent to yellow. The most expensive will have less color. The grades for color given by the gemologist are from D to Z. D represents the colorless whereas the Z represents yellow color. The clarity of the diamond is graded by the flaw or inclusion present in the diamond. The last C represents the carat weight. The value of diamond increases if the carat weight is more but the clarity will be lesser. Fluorescence effect happens when gives light under the ultra violet lights. Some with different property of color and clarity appears whiter with the effect of fluorescence.

When it comes to the grading report, there are specific laboratories that you want to make sure the report has been accounted by. Look for well known labs including the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia (DCLA), the American Gemological Society (AGS), or the Hoge Raad Voor Diamant (HRD), European Gemological Institute (EGL), or the International Gemological Institute (IGI). These are all official diamond grading labs whose reports you can trust. If your report contains a lab other than those above, chance are you are looking at a fake or poor-quality diamond.

Each one of these labs is going to obviously have its own grading system, but for the most part they still all go by the same criteria. This criteria is of the highest degree. Sometimes, however, when you buy jewelry from a jewelry store online, you might not receive a report, in which case it is your responsibility to ask for one. If the sellers give you a hard time or they can’t produce one, it looks like it’s time to go someplace else to buy diamonds.If certification, grading and quality means nothing to you, then you won’t have to worry about this. But, I can guarantee that if your fiance finds out you bought her one of those less than amazing diamonds engagement rings or white gold diamond engagement rings, she is not going to be a happy camper, and neither will you! Spend the money, get a great diamond that you can keep for years to come, and be confident in knowing you made the right choice.

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