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I found this online (while searching for something else) on the Trade Shop website. I do not know how old it is, but what I found interesting is the comparison of the five grading "systems." Can someone tell me more about these comparisons? What I find fascinating is that GIA seems to have individual categories for each color grade, while the other systems show some overlap, e.g., an "8" includes the GIA colors O, P, Q. Yet, AGS gives each stone a GIA letter grade as well as a number grade. Is this why some stones are referred to as a "high H" or a "low H" for example -- there is not perfect overlap between the systems?
ETA: here's the source of the chart http://www.tradeshop.com/master/color.shtml
ETA: here's the source of the chart http://www.tradeshop.com/master/color.shtml