Please help re: GIA comment

[marty1]

Hi, looking to buy an engagement ring for a platinum setting. Have been offered a princess cut diamond. Seems pretty good from most measurements (see below) but has a comment which I''d like some advice on please.

Gia certificate is .77 carat, F colour, IF, VG polish/symmetry, depth 73%, table 72%, thick girdle and no fluoresence.

The comment on the bottom of the report is "minor details of polish are present

". What does this comment mean and should I be worried. Many thanks for any help.

Marty

 

[The Joker]

""minor details of polish are present"
That's just what kept the diamond from having a flawless clarity grade.

Joker....

 

[Todd07]

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On 9/24/2004 9:27:49 PM The Joker wrote:




''minor details of polish are present'
That's just what kept the diamond from having a flawless clarity grade.

Joker....
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But if GIA called it an IF, the comment must be about the Polish/Symmetry. Calling an expert to educate us newbies

 

[quaeritur]

Yep, minor details of polish are present.

 

[cflutist]

Info from the GIA Diamond Grading Class:

FL: No blemishes or inclusions under 10x (disregard extra facets not visible face-up; naturals confined to and neither thickening nor distorting the girdle; and internal graining which is not reflective, white, or colored, and does not affect transparency)

IF: No inclusions, and only insignificant blemishes under 10x

Blemishes:

Abrasion - tiny chips along facet junctions, producing white fuzzy lines instead of shart facet edges

Extra Facet - a facet placed without regard for symmetry and not required by the cutting style

Natural - part of the originial crystal surface remaining on the polished stone

Nick - a small notch near the girdle or a facet edge

Pit - a tiny opening, often looking like a white dot

Polish Lines - tiny parallel scratches left by polishing; fine parallel ridges on a polished facet, caused by crystal structure irregularities; or tiny, parallel, polished grooves produced by irregularities in the scaife surface

Polish Mark - surface clouding caused by excessive heat, or uneven polished surface resulting from structural irregularities

Rough Girdle - a graininy or pitted girdle surface, often with chips

Scratch - a linear indentation normally seen as a fine white line, curved or straight

Surface Graining - surface indication or structural irregularity; may resemble faint facet junction lines, or cause a grooved or wavy surface