Four C’s of Lab Diamonds

Classic, sparkling diamonds are usually a lifelong reminder of precious moments. It could be a very priceless gift, a testament to someone’s love, a reward for an astonishing accomplishment, or a piece of jewelry that has graced only red carpet-rated events.

Without a doubt, you, too, have attested to its fantastic ability to elevate one’s outfit. Well, this didn’t just occur by chance. All diamonds, irrespective of either being natural or lab-created diamonds, are graded using a universal rating system to assess their quality. 

The quality of a diamond is examined using the four C’s, which represent color, clarity, cut, and carat weight, as a benchmark. Let’s understand what these represent and how they can be beneficial to you when you’re making your purchase.

The Four C’s of Lab Diamonds

 Diamond-Cut

Many easily refer to the terms diamond cut and its shape as the same, but they’re not. The shape of the stone is quite different from the cut. There are different regular shapes that a diamond is cut into, such as the round, oval, pear, emerald, cushion, and Princess.

The cut refers to an evaluation of the skill of the artisan who maps, plans, and hand cuts each diamond, so a well-cut diamond will maximize light return, resulting in sparkling brilliance and fire.

The diamond cut is regarded as one of the most important among the four C’s because it determines the diamond’s quality in terms of brilliance, scintillation, and fire. It determines the effective rate at which the light that enters the diamond is refracted within it and reflected outward to produce that glimmering effect.

At labdiamondcvd.com, our diamonds are expertly crafted and polished to create that stunning glimmering effect. You, too, will be awed.

Diamond Color

A diamond is more valuable and rarer when it’s close to being colorless. So, when you see a diamond having color, likely tones of yellow or brown, know it is a result of chemical impurities and structural characteristics.

They are assessed based on the Gemological Institute of America’s (GIA) grading scale. This is an alphabetical scale ranging from D to Z, with Z being Yellow and D being a colorless diamond. Reports for lab-grown diamonds are done by the International Gemological Institute (IGI).

We deal in nothing but the best grades of lab-created diamonds that’ll last for a lifetime without any drop-in quality.

Diamond Clarity

It is a gauge of the level of imperfections a diamond has. Regarding the clarity of Diamonds graded SI2 or better, even when examined without the aid of a jeweler’s loupe of 10x magnification, it will appear ‘eye-clean.’ At the same time, those rated below SI2 have visible blemishes.

When you’re examining a diamond’s clarity, you look at it from two categories.

• Inclusion: These are imperfections that occur inside the diamond. They could be dark dots, white points, or feathery cracks that were formed during its formation while under intense heat and pressure.
• Blemishes: In this case, the imperfections occurred on the diamond’s surface and occurred while the diamond was being cut and polished.

Diamond Carat

Know that the carat refers to the actual weight of the diamond. And this particular C’ dramatically influences the price the most. As the size of a diamond increases, its price increases exponentially. But thanks to lab-grown diamonds whose prices are 20-30% more affordable than natural diamonds and yet possess the same quality.

In conclusion, we take delight in enlightening our esteemed customers because it’ll enable them to appreciate the quality of lab-grown diamonds we offer. At Lab Diamond CVD, we deal only with the best.