Richard Sherwood
Ideal_Rock
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- Sep 25, 2002
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I took this quote off the Bellataire site, sellers of the HPHT diamond. It threw me for a loop. What do you think?
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Q: Is the BELLATAIRE process considered a "treatment"?
Probably the simplest answer to this question is that the Gem Trade Lab of the GIA, arguably the most respected gemological laboratory in the world, will not issue Grading Reports on treated diamonds. Every BELLATAIRE diamond is accompanied by a full GIA Report. Treated diamonds usually have one or more of the following characteristics: a change that is not permanent, special care needed for maintenance, and/or applied material that is not intrinsic to the natural diamond. BELLATAIRE Diamonds have none of these characteristics. In fact, the process that restores BELLATAIRE Diamonds to their original natural state in many ways alters rough diamonds less than the processes of cleaving, laser-shaping, polishing, and acid-boiling, among others, that are accepted activities necessary for transforming rough to polished.
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Q: Is the BELLATAIRE process considered a "treatment"?
Probably the simplest answer to this question is that the Gem Trade Lab of the GIA, arguably the most respected gemological laboratory in the world, will not issue Grading Reports on treated diamonds. Every BELLATAIRE diamond is accompanied by a full GIA Report. Treated diamonds usually have one or more of the following characteristics: a change that is not permanent, special care needed for maintenance, and/or applied material that is not intrinsic to the natural diamond. BELLATAIRE Diamonds have none of these characteristics. In fact, the process that restores BELLATAIRE Diamonds to their original natural state in many ways alters rough diamonds less than the processes of cleaving, laser-shaping, polishing, and acid-boiling, among others, that are accepted activities necessary for transforming rough to polished.
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