GIA in anyone''s back pocket?

[Leanne]

Hi. As some of you know, I''ve had some trouble with my jeweler who somehow caused my 1.82 (1.76 now) diamond to turn white. He had it polished & it looks beautiful now although it lost 6 points. I was not happy at all with this so to pacify me he agreed to send my diamond into GIA to see if it had been fracture filled which he believes could have caused the stone to turn white. Is there any possible way that he could get the GIA to say the stone was filled if it isn''t just because he''s paying for the report?

 

[JC]

GIA is a very reputable independant laboratory. I can''t believe that GIA would ever falsify information on a grading report. If anything by sending the diamond to GIA you will be able to find out exactly what the diamond is. So no worries....

 

[denverappraiser]

GIA is a very reputable lab. You can read about them at www.gia.edu. This test is not difficult and their answer will be entirely reliable.

As noted above, they can sometimes be a little slow. Expect this to take at least a month or two plus the shipping time.


Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ISA NAJA
Independent Appraisals in Denver

 

[diamondsbylauren]

NO

 

[strmrdr]

While I have a few problems with gia on some technical issues the answer to your question is a solid NO!
Why would they risk being put out of business overnight for any business a jeweler could send them?
That is what would happen if they did and word got out and word would eventualy get out.

 

[jicedivine]

In my personal opinion, if you will have the jeweler send your diamond to GIA, I would bring the diamond to other reputable/reliable appraiser and get a report first. In that case, you can compare the report against the one from GIA and make sure the diamond being sent to GIA is exactly the one you have now. If you will send the diamond yourself, you don''t have to worry about my concern.
Good luck.

I am not an expert but getting lots of advice from this forum.
Jicedivine

 

[IrishEyes]

No, I don''t think you have anything to worry about! Regardless of who sends the stone, GIA is VERY reputable and would never compromise their reputation by lying. Rest assured, everything will work out fine!

 

[jicedivine]

I may miss some information in this thread and please let me know if I do.
I 100% agree with the fact that GIA is reputable and completely reliable. I guess a point I tried to make was if Leanne does not know the information about the diamond (cut, clarity, etc), jeweler could send the other diamond, with the same Carat, to GIA and got an report that was not even the diamond that she carried. GIA honestly and professionally grade the diamond but they might not grade the diamond that Leanne actually has. According to information from Leanne, the diamond has been repolished and since I have extremely limited knowledge, I don''t know if the original report is still valid in terms of cut (depth, length, angle), color and clarity.

I look at this matter from a security perspective and hopefully Leanne can find the answer soon.

I am not an diamond expert.

 

[perry]

Leanne:

While GIA is a respected laboratory and I would not worry about what they have to say, I am not so sure about your jeweler.

I have followed your post and have had more than a few questions about what happened and what procedures were - and were not - followed. I.e. I have concerns with the honesty of your jeweler.

Perhaps they are unfounded; but the whole thing has a certain oder to it.

Bottom line: You handed over one diamond mounted in your ring - and are getting back a "different" diamond with a "new" cert of slightly smaller size.

Now perhaps it was an honest (if clumsy) series of mistakes. Perhaps not.

Folks - is there anyway to absolutely verify that the cert you get is really from GIA for the diamond that you get back? Yes an appraisial will tell if the cert is reasonable for the stone. But what if the cert is not real at all?

Sorry if I have raised more concerns than you though of.

Personally, I never would have allowed the stone to be removed from the ring without an independent evaluation of what happened to it for an appraiser of my choice.

Perry