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Diamonds are graded according to clarity, colour, cut and carat weight, basically in that order of priority.

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What is an AA5 diamond?

AA 5 has several meanings, depending on the context. It is apparently a rating system in Great Britain for lodging. (AA, 5 diamond.) For diamond stones, this rating is sometimes applied to jewelery-grade black diamonds, as a grading system for clarity. This is not a grading scale used by the Gemological Institute of America or the European grading scale. It is a scale used, however, for industrial diamonds, according to the link, below.


How many colors of diamonds exist?

The exact number is infinite, but a finite number exists in terms of colour grades. For 'white' or 'colourless' diamonds, the grades begin with the letter D -- colourless -- and trail off to the letter Z -- light colour, with five broad categories of grades. For coloured diamonds, please review the Color Grading system, also linked below, to identify the hue, tone and saturation variables available for grading coloured diamonds. Can you do the math?


What hs 1 mean with diamonds?

The term HS 1 is not commonly used in grading diamonds. It may be used in a different context that grade, however, but this other use is not easily found in a quick search.


What is Gia rated?

When talking about diamonds GIA rated refers to a diamond rated by Gemological Institute of America. GIA provides widely recognized grading services. When buying diamonds carrying GIA reports you may be sure you're buying exactly what it says in the grading report (unlike with some diamonds graded by small/unknown/bias labs). Many GIA rated diamonds have a microscopic laser inscriptions with numbers corresponding to the grade reports and to diamond files carried by GIA. More here: http://www.gia.edu/


Where do chocolate diamonds come from?

Chocolate diamonds are also known as brown diamonds. They are formed naturally due to high pressure under the earth. The reasons they are referred to as chocolate diamonds is due to the reduced glimmer and are rated very low on the grading chart. They are found mainly in Australia (Argyle), Angola, Borneo, Brazil and the Congo.


What is a AA diamond?

The notation AA is not commonly in use when grading colourless diamonds: the highest grade is D. The notation AA can be used to grade black diamonds as it falls into this range: AAA, AA+, AA, A, and I1 with AAA being the best. Note GIA does not grade black diamonds.


What is J diamond grading?

If J is a description of the colour of a white diamond, that grade is given to the near colourless diamonds. You can learn more about this grade from the chart, below, which shows you the full colour range of 'colourless diamonds' from D to Z.


What does AAA on silver jewelry mean?

AAA is the highest quality of gemstones or diamonds (usually lab created… other diamonds have their own digits! You’ll know


Are Chocolate Diamonds a good buy?

Since Chocolate Diamonds brand of natural fancy brown diamonds are the higher color and clarity range of such stones and are mainly found in one location, they are much rarer than the white diamonds. Therefore the supply is much tighter than that of white diamonds. As more and more people hear about these delicious diamonds and crave them, their prices are bound to increase.


Is there an independent lab to grade simulated diamonds that I can contact to grade these?

noAnother AnswerGrading simulated diamonds implies that there are grades. Often gem-stone-like substitutes for diamonds are fabricated from other minerals, or if man-made, composed of some combination of elements.Knowing the composition of the simulated stones may help you value them. But there does not appear to be a standard grading system for non-gem jewels.


What are the different methods used for grading timber?

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What is the GKR karate belt order?

You get your white belt when you first start (No grading session required)Then instructor awards you yellow tip (Again no grading session required)Then yellow (Grading session required)Then orange tip (No grading session required)Then orange (Grading required)Then green ( Grading required )Then blue ( Grading required )Then red (Grading required )Then brown (Grading required)Then black tip (Grading required)A second black tip (Grading required )Then black (Grading required)