| You can get a better deal on diamonds when you | | | | facets - 33 on the crown and 25 on the pavilion. |
| shop online for the best value diamonds. Online | | | | In an ideal cut, there is no facet on the cutlet, |
| retailers do have GIA diamond rings that come | | | | reducing the number to 57. The appraisal of GIA |
| with an appraisal report from the Gemological | | | | diamond rings follows the American Standard of |
| Institute of America attesting to the authenticity | | | | diamond cuts. |
| of the diamond and its value. Although there is a | | | | In this standard there are certain percentages and |
| wide selection of such rings at a regular jewelry | | | | angles for each aspect of the diamond. The |
| store where you can look at the ring and the | | | | gemologists use a perfectly cut diamond as their |
| diamond as well as try it on, you have the | | | | comparison sample and through the use of |
| advantage of much larger choice of exotic rings | | | | precise instruments they arrive at an appraisal. In |
| and colored diamonds when you shop online. | | | | general four gemologists appraise one diamond at |
| In order to shop for GIA diamond rings online, | | | | different times. This ensures that your GIA |
| you do need to have a basic understanding of the | | | | diamond rings or jewelry has gone through a |
| four C's of diamonds in order to understand the | | | | complete study by an independent process. |
| descriptions that accompany the rings and loose | | | | Your name is not connected to the diamond in |
| diamonds. There are also online sites where you | | | | any way throughout the process and it is known |
| can purchase EGL loose diamonds and those that | | | | to the gemologists only by a number. The only |
| have IGI appraisals. These certifications also | | | | part of the process on which the gemologists |
| adhere to international standards for diamond | | | | may differ is in determining the color of the |
| appraisal and grading and are accepted all over | | | | diamond. Contrary to what the majority of people |
| the world. | | | | believe, all diamonds are not clear and most do |
| The four C's are the standards used in grading | | | | have a trace of yellow in the color. When |
| the diamonds used in GIA diamond rings and refer | | | | determining the color, powerful microscopes are |
| to the cut, color, clarity and carat of the stone. | | | | used and the gemologists have to come to a |
| The online retailers will have this information listed | | | | consensus about the color. |
| with the picture of the diamond. The carat of a | | | | On the appraisal report of GIA diamond rings, the |
| diamond is its weight and even the tiniest gem | | | | color grade is shown as a letter. D is the highest |
| has a carat. | | | | grade, so receiving a report with this letter does |
| There are various diamond cuts of GIA diamond | | | | not mean that the diamond has a reduced value. |
| rings, which depend to a large extent on the | | | | It is exactly the opposite. D means that it is |
| shape of the rough diamond. | | | | virtually colorless. Diamonds that have large traces |
| Eight-sided rough diamonds are usually cut into | | | | of yellow in them have the grade of between T |
| round diamonds in which the table has the shape | | | | and X, even though you will not be able to detect |
| of an octagon. In grading and appraising each cut, | | | | this coloring without the use of a high-powered |
| there are certain characteristics that the | | | | microscope. The letters Y to Z are reserved for |
| gemologists will look for. A Marquis cut, for | | | | fancy diamonds, which do come in various colors |
| example, has 58 facets. A round cut also has 58 | | | | and because of this they are quite expensive. |