Date: 10/5/2007 11:57:59 PM
Author: johngalt2004
Maybe it means it was penalized for digging?
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/girdle-treatments-cheated-girdles-tweaked-girdles-digging-painting.36102/
Date: 10/6/2007 1:37:26 AM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)
To the best of my knowledge GIA do not look at diamonds appearance and sparkle. (although girdle thickness is assessed by eyeballs)
They take the scanner output and assess the brillianteering (painting or digging) based on the numbers.
Date: 10/6/2007 12:08:10 PM
Author: stebbo
The GIA paper on brillianteering seemed to suggest they eyeball the girdle profile to estimate the level of painting/digging, but that was 2 years ago.Date: 10/6/2007 1:37:26 AM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)
To the best of my knowledge GIA do not look at diamonds appearance and sparkle. (although girdle thickness is assessed by eyeballs)
They take the scanner output and assess the brillianteering (painting or digging) based on the numbers.
That was the first impression we received too Stebbo, but it was clarified at JCK that this was a guideline for GGs away from the lab. GIA GTL uses scanner data to make the determination.
great idea! hopefully the stones will be of the same cut quality otherwise so you can get a real head to head comparison.Date: 10/8/2007 9:50:02 AM
Author: Linda74
I guess I will just have to see this stone, as that seems to be the only negative or maybe it is a positive?, everything else in the GIA report looks good...and it gets to a point where it is all just too technical for my brain.....I will have it put next to a stone without brillianteering and see if we notice a difference.