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Certification question for industry experts only please |
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| P: 2/17/2008 3:21:06 AM | |
saradbx Rough Rock Total Posts: 17 Last Post: 2/21/2008 Member Since: 2/16/2008 |
Alot of the diamonds in my part of the world have HRD certification. I have been told, and read online, that HRD is a very respected lab in Antwerp and Europe's equivalent to the GIA. Can any of the industry experts here (e.g. appraisers/graders/gemologists/traders/company owners etc) tell me whether or not I can trust this certification?
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| Posted: 2/17/2008 3:21:06 AM | |
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| P: 2/17/2008 8:50:24 AM | |
Paul-Antwerp Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,911 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 9/3/2002 |
HRD is a very respectable lab, with regards to: - natural origin and treatments - colour grading, in some areas sligthly stricter than GIA and possibly AGS - clarity grading, in some areas slightly less strict than GIA, and definitely AGS On the matter of cut-grading, HRD's top-grade of VG is a very wide grade, and is clearly less useful than GIA's, and definitely AGS-cut-grading. In this way, beware of sealed HRD-reports, since the seal does not allow you to have a real view of the diamond. Live long, Paul Slegers |
| Posted: 2/17/2008 8:50:24 AM | |
| P: 2/17/2008 4:01:27 PM | |
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saradbx Rough Rock Total Posts: 17 Last Post: 2/21/2008 Member Since: 2/16/2008 |
Thanks Paul, that makes alot of sense now. I had been offered a HRD diamond with the top proportion grade of 'very good' but when I posted the specs here I was told the table was 'an aircraft carrier' lol (64%). I thought I would be safe with a diamond from a respected lab with a top proportion grade..obviously not... lesson #1 
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| Posted: 2/17/2008 4:01:27 PM | |
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