If your diamond grading certificate contains any statement about monetary value, it is only an appraisal.
An appraisal by a GIA gemologist is not the same as a grading certificate or report.
Make sure the grading certificate includes light behavior grades and numerical measures for brilliance, sparkle and intensity.
If it does not, you have the right to ask your jeweler for an independent light behavior grading certificate.
A diamond grading certificate or report should not assign monetary value to the stone, and is only provided for loose diamonds.
A diamond grading certificate only details the gem's properties at the time of inspection, so it means virtually nothing if the diamond was altered afterwards.
In Arizona legislators have considered a bill for the last two years that would prohibit school districts from issuing eighth-grade certificates.
Parents had verbal disclosure of information to them from trained field workers who had high school grade certificates and who understood the local languages.
Grading certificates list a maximum and minimum diameter for round diamonds, since no diamond is perfect.
HRD's grading certificates are legal documents in the eyes of the European Union.
On some diamond grading reports, the finish section details other characteristics of the stone not covered by the general report, like minor inclusions or inscriptions [9] Practice reading several diamond grading certificates before you visit a store to make a purchase.
