Is this AGS report wrong?

[gelatodave]

I recently purchased AGS Ideal 000 diamond from one of the on-line vendors. My AGS report says the girdle thickness is 1.1%-3.5%. I wanted to know what these numbers meant so I searched around PS and found this link.

https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/ags-ideal-cut-diamond

If I am reading this correctly my diamond is extremely thin to medium.. That wouldn't qualify as a 000 Ideal. Right?

 

[JulieN]

Is it still in James Allen's possession? Ask them about it. My gut is that AGS is not "wrong," there may have been changes to the grading system.

 

[jkozlow3]

I recently purchased AGS Ideal 000 diamond from one of the on-line vendors. My AGS report says the girdle thickness is 1.1%-3.5%. I wanted to know what these numbers meant so I searched around PS and found this link.

https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/ags-ideal-cut-diamond

If I am reading this correctly my diamond is extremely thin to medium.. That wouldn't qualify as a 000 Ideal. Right?

Oddly, my AGS 000 from WhiteFlash has the exact same girdle thickness range of 1.1% - 3.5% according to the Sarin report provided by WF and is listed on both the Sarin and AGS cert as "thin to medium" as well.

 

[Paul-Antwerp]

Nothing is wrong, although one could say that the PS-tutorial on the AGS-grade is a bit outdated. We have to forgive this forever, since AGS has regularly changed the format of their reports in recent years.

As far as 'proportion factors' go, I do not even know under which heading they are graded now. The chart in the PS-tutorial refers to a notation of the girdle at the facet-junctions.

However, for some time, AGS noted the percentages on their reports ranging from the smallest thickness in the 'valleys' up to the highest percentage at the facet-junctions. This is what you see on your report now, and the only figure you should use to compare to the chart is the highest number of 3.5%.

Looking at current AGS-reports, I see that the percentage-notation has been changed into a nominal notation, so no more percentages, but girdles 'Thin to Medium', for instance.

I know, this is confusing and not easy, but hey, if diamonds were easy, everyone would probably sell them .

Live long,