Mar

The new 5 C’s

According to DCLA, The Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia, we know have to think about 5 C’s instead of 4 C’s when we go out to get a diamond.

The C’s identified by DCLA are: carat-weight, color, clarity, cut and the most important C of all, according to them, confidence.

“Confidence is found in the form of an accurate diamond grading certificate. Some differences in quality are easily noticeable, others need specialist equipment and qualified graders with years of experience to assess and detect.

Accurate assessment of a diamond is only possible prior to being set. Once the stone is set even a trained grader cannot precisely determine color, size and purity clarity. Therefore quality and value can only be estimated. Minor differences in color, clarity and weight can have a major effect on value. For this reason, laboratories only grade loose diamonds.” says the DCLA team.

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