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Hi! Just curious what abbreviations CBI and HPD mean?
CBI is “crafted by infinity”. They are a super ideal round brilliant diamond producer (a brand, like T and Co but all they do is cut their brand of super ideal diamonds; they are not direct to consumers nor do they sell their stones unbranded) They are to round diamonds what any other high end *craft* specialist would be eg if you are a bike or car or music hobbiest / they are an elite producer like any other industry has. I personally own 2 CBI diamonds; HPD is “high performance diamonds”. They are a US jeweler out of Boise of all places. They exclusively sell CBI and are the primary US seller of CBI (and there is no direct competition to CBI... no one specifically exclusively crafts super ideal diamonds, not even T and Co, though there are super ideal cut diamonds available eg through small custom jewelers like Victor Canera; it is just the only thing CBI does; I own 10 small T and Co stones by the way...) . Essentially all of the stones HPD sells are “idiot proof” and will have perfect optics; They also make custom jewelry and sell a couple of other artisan’s settings. Working with them is like dealing with a boutique. The supporters / founders of this forum are from all over the world and some of the experts who chime in on discussions are people in the diamond industry who are marked as “Trade”. They include the people at CBI / hpd / and also Whiteflash in TX which is another high end jewelry company with a large on line presence and their own super ideal line of round brilliant diamonds called “aca” or “a cut above”. I do not myself own an ACA but they are a pinch less expensive than HPD/CBI from what I have seen. Both companies have very generous trade back policies; The owners of both companies are “Trade” people on here and are very interested in educating consumers and enjoy what they do. The rest of us are enthusiasts. Myself I am a rock hound and plan to start lapidary training once pandemic ends, so I hopefully will be cutting stones myself. There are other larger sellers who have beautiful perfect diamonds available so if boutique isn’t your gig check out other vendors.
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