Expert guidance from IMPERVORA on diamond quality, the 4Cs, grading, selection, care, and informed diamond buying.
Why the fog, newspaper and scratch tests can’t settle whether a diamond is real, what a jeweler’s handheld tester measures and misses, why it can’t tell natural from lab-grown, and what a gemological laboratory can establish.
What laser drilling, fracture filling, coating, irradiation, annealing and HPHT do to a diamond, which treatments GIA calls stable and will grade, why filled stones need care before cleaning or repairs, what the FTC Jewelry Guides say about disclosure, and the questions to ask before you buy.
Natural and lab-grown diamonds are both diamond; CZ and moissanite are simulants. Here is what each word on a stone label means under the FTC’s Jewelry Guides, and the phrases that deserve a second look.
What a diamond grading report covers, what it does not, and how quality is described on IMPERVORA jewelry with set stones.
Lab-grown and natural diamonds are the same material with different origins. Here is how labs tell them apart, how they are graded and labeled, and how to choose.
Set a budget, let cut lead, then balance color, clarity and carat. A plain guide to the 4Cs, natural vs lab-grown, and what documentation to expect with finished jewelry.
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