{"id":4909,"date":"2019-05-01T15:52:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2021-06-09T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:57:32","slug":"gia-revises-lab-grown-diamond-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/gia-revises-lab-grown-diamond-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"GIA Revises Lab-Grown Diamond Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NIRUPA BHATT, managing director of GIA India and Middle East, speaks to SOLITAIRE about the recent changes in terminology for GIA\u2019s laboratory-grown diamond reports.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Nirupa Bhatt, Managing Director of GIA India and Middle East<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Why did GIA feel the need to change its diamond grading report for lab-grown diamonds?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2007, GIA began offering the GIA Synthetic Diamond Grading Report. On March 29th this year, GIA announced that the name of the report would change to GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report, replacing \u2018synthetic\u2019 with \u2018laboratory-grown.\u2019 A statement will be added that laboratory-grown diamonds may be colour treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIA used \u2018synthetic,\u2019 as well as \u2018laboratory-grown\u2019 and \u2018manmade,\u2019 in the reports because those were the terms approved by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to describe man-made diamonds. The FTC changed the guidelines for approved terminology in July 2018, and GIA is following those guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the FTC is to protect consumers. GIA has worked with the FTC for many decades, both providing technical input and also following the guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you expect the terminology changes to have any negative impact on the volumes of labgrown diamonds being submitted for grading?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As a mission-driven, public benefit institute, GIA believes in the absolute importance of disclosure. That\u2019s why the GIA LaboratoryGrown Diamond Report will include this statement \u2013 \u201cThis is a man-made diamond produced by CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) or HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature) growth processes and may include post-growth treatments to change the color.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIA\u2019s role is to provide accurate and unbiased analysis of stones submitted. It is for consumers to decide what they would like to buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us about the separate grading scale (for colour and clarity) for lab-grown and natural diamonds.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

GIA has always used different terminology to report the colour and clarity grades for laboratory-grown diamonds: Colorless, Near Colorless, Faint, Very Light and Light to report colour grades on laboratory-grown diamonds, not D-Z; and Flawless, Internally Flawless, Very Very Slightly Included, Very Slightly Included, Slightly Included and Included to report clarity for laboratory-grown diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The approach for grading natural and laboratory-grown diamonds is the same, but with broader nomenclature for laboratorygrown diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the new reports, to avoid confusion, laboratory-grown colour grades (Colorless, Near Colorless, etc.) will be listed alongside the D-Z scale so consumers can see, for example, that a Near-Colorless laboratory-grown diamond is in the range G to J colour grade of a natural diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the interest of strengthening the demarcation of the two diamond pipelines \u2013 natural and lab-grown \u2013 is the GIA working with other major gemmological labs to standardise the terminology used across the industry?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

GIA established the International Diamond Grading System, based on the 4Cs (Colour, Cut, Clarity and Carat Weight), a standardised way of evaluating diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is now the globally accepted standard for diamond quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a part of our mission to ensure public trust in gems and jewellery, GIA is continuously investing in research to identify new gem materials coming into the market. As a result of decades of gemmological research, GIA has been developing instruments and services to identify and screen undisclosed laboratory-grown diamonds to help give the trade and consumers confidence in their purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In India and the Middle East, GIA is working with the trade body associations at the national, regional and local levels to spread awareness about laboratory-grown diamonds regarding detection and disclosure, and sharing knowledge on segregating and maintaining two separate pipelines for natural and laboratory-grown diamonds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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