Buying a Certified Diamond

When buying a diamond, it is important to know what you are getting. Buying a certified diamond ensures that your purchase is the real deal—your diamond has been graded and that the grade has been approved, so you are not getting scammed.

Diamonds are priced based on their ratings and diamond certification is what ensures that rating is the truth. Diamond certification can also be called a diamond grading report or a diamond quality document. Two popular groups known for diamond certification are the laboratories at the Gemological Institute of America and the American Gem Society, two premier diamond grading laboratories.

Both of these organizations want to protect buyers of diamond jewelry so they try to put as many certified diamonds on the market as possible. You can also submit a personal piece for diamond certification before or after purchasing them. However, they only accept loose diamond so it is typically the jeweler who will send it away for diamond certification before mounting and selling the diamond jewelry.

They provide a service to check on the diamond certification when purchasing diamond jewelry from a jeweler. Simply enter the number assigned by the organization and the diamonds weight on the website or over the phone. This is an easy way to make sure that your jeweler’s diamond certification claims are legitimate.

Buying a certified diamond ensures that you will get all that you paid for out of your diamond. Certified diamonds are easy to check and a trusted name in jewelry will have the certificate available for an authenticity check in the store, or online with the name of the organization who certified it. Many jewelers offer diamond certification as part of the purchase. Certified diamonds are available as a loose diamond or as diamond jewelry, so be sure to find certified diamond jewelry when making a lifelong purchase from a trusted name in jewelry.