The 4 C's brilliant Grading Scale

The Gemological produce of America, popularly known as the Gia, made a great impact on the diamond industry. When they established the 4 C's grading theory for diamonds in 1931, the hereafter success of the diamond price list became a possibility, and the 4 C's eventually became the accepted for describing diamonds worldwide. This grading theory is more accepted globally than the some different grading systems used in other countries.
 
The 4 C's refer to the Cut, Carat weight, Color, and Clarity of the diamond. Here's a brief article of each:
 
Cut
Cut is the term that generally refers to the shape of a diamond. Today, cut no longer just refers to the shape of the diamond but also to how well the costly stone is absolutely cut. For example, a round shaped diamond is supplementary critically examined as either perfectly round or somewhat off-round. Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair or Poor are the grading rates for the allinclusive cutting workmanship of a diamond based on the cut grading scale advanced by the Gia.
 
Carat Weight
The actual weight of a diamond is measured in carats. The term is derived from a kind of dry fruit that contains seeds known as a "carob". These seeds were determined to be of common knowledge and largely understood universally. The equivalent weight of the carob seeds was then used to define the actual weight of diamonds and other costly gems. The equivalent of one carat is about .20 grams, so a 5-carat diamond weighs one gram.
 
Color
The color characteristic of diamonds refers to their perceived color or, more precisely, lack of color. The most common diamonds display a more apparent tint of yellow. These generally found diamonds are consequently less expensive in value. The fancy color diamonds, on the other hand, are extremely rare. They are those with a very determined yellow tint and have very expensive price tags. Other rare colors in the fancy range can be pink, blue or green to name a few.
 
Clarity
Clarity is the estimation of the lack of, or presence of, internal and external imperfections in diamonds. Also called "impurities", a diamond's imperfections can be illustrated only when using 10 power magnification. The more rare diamonds have less imperfections while the very rare diamonds are those that are flawless.
 
It is very rare to find flawless diamonds in today's store where diamonds with imperfections illustrated to the naked eye are generally found. Scientists, however, have found a way to make those imperfections come to be imperceptible to the naked eye through the process known as clarity enhancing. Using a material intimately resembling a diamond, a high tech theory is employed to fill the imperfections. The material also possesses the characteristics of diamond, thus, the end follow is a natural diamond with the same brilliance and appeal. At almost half the price of non-enhanced diamonds, these modified diamonds are still determined 100% natural diamonds.
 
In the next article we will eye clarity enhanced diamonds in more depth as well as some of the other rehabilitation and enhancement process on the store today.

Diamond

The 4 C's brilliant Grading Scale