By educating your self, you’ll be able to keep away from being the goal of some frequent and generally main scams.

1) Carat Whole Weight (ctw)

Some retailers will solely record the ctw – “carat complete weight” of a diamond. I’ve gone into some shops the place they solely record ctw and you need to ask the salesperson for the carat weight of the middle diamond each time. It is a crucial piece of data as a result of the bigger the proportion that the middle diamond is to the carat complete weight, the extra the piece of knickknack is value. 1 single diamond that’s 1 carat in weight is value considerably greater than 3 diamonds with the identical carat complete weight with all different elements reduce, readability and color being the identical.

2) Laser Enhanced or Drilling
Some sellers are capable of take away black spots and inclusions by drilling a tiny gap deep into the diamond to evaporate them. These diamonds are extra vulnerable to breaking and are bit extra fragile. Extra importantly, they value considerably much less. Demand to see a certificate for the diamond and ask the jeweler if the diamond has been laser drilled.

3) Fracture Filling and Therapies
Just like laser enhancement or drilling, fracture filling entails eradicating inclusions that seem as hairline fractures within the diamond. This therapy additionally enhances the diamonds readability as with laser drilling and it’s finished by filling the fractures with a melted crystal through the use of excessive warmth. These diamonds ought to promote for a lot lower than an untreated diamond, so make sure to ask for a GIA or EGL certificate stating its readability and if any enhancements had been made diamond online.

4) Artificial, Simulant or Pure
I’d think about it is a main rip-off in the event you occur to purchase a diamond and it finally ends up being an entire fake. Nonetheless, expertise is altering extremely quick and it could occur. At present, there are artificial diamonds accessible which are man-made and are similar chemically with pure diamonds. They promote for a fraction of the associated fee and diamond simulants value virtually nothing compared with a pure diamond. Simply do not forget that when shopping for diamonds, discover a dependable supply and get an appraiser to confirm its authenticity.

5) Brilliant Lights and Fluorescence
Each jewellery retailer needs to show their diamonds in the very best light. Simply be careful for jewelers that point out something a few diamond being blue-white and being dearer. Blue-white refers to a diamonds fluorescence and it truly makes the diamond value much less. Extra unscrupulous jewelers will even attempt to excessive the diamonds fluorescence through the use of lights which have hue of blue in them to cover this attribute. Strive to take a look at the diamond in pure light in the event you can and likewise confirm on its certificate if there may be fluorescence or not.

6) Gross sales and Going out of Enterprise on the Mall
Everybody has seen these indicators – Going out of Enterprise or 50% off Immediately. Virtually all of those gross sales should not actually gross sales as a result of the jewellery has in all probability been marked up 300-500% to start with. It’s a good suggestion to check out completely different types and to see the sorts of diamonds accessible in retailer, however the one approach of getting an entire image is to check retail costs with online wholesalers and diamond brokers.

7) Get an Unbiased Appraiser
At all times search an impartial and authorized gemologist to appraise your diamond. They will confirm the diamond’s 4C – Minimize, Readability, Coloration and Carat Weight in addition to the certification on the diamond by evaluating the laser inscription on the diamond with the one written on the certificate. Don’t rely an excessive amount of on the appraised worth as a result of it’s for insurance coverage functions and your insurer will almost certainly not offer you that quantity when changing your diamond.

8) Hidden Flaws
Even I had my jeweler attempt to disguise flaws when setting my fiancee’s diamond if there have been any below the prongs. Nonetheless, if you end up shopping for a diamond, you wish to have a look at the free stone if doable. Many of those flaws could also be greater than only a black spot and could possibly be structural in nature like feathering or a skinny girdle which makes the diamond extra vulnerable to chipping. SI1 stones can seem like a VS1 or VS2 simply when set. If you cannot check out the free stone, it’s possible you’ll must consider a reduction or simply buy some place else.

9) Doctored Certificates and Fake Certificates
Within the age of computer systems and excessive finish printers, any piece of documentation might be tampered with or created. The one possible way of verifying its authenticity is to confirm its GIA# on the Gemological Establishments of America web site and to have an appraiser examine to see if the GIA# on the diamond matches. If the diamond has no pedigree, you need to anticipate a major low cost on the diamond and to cost it a lot decrease. Have an skilled appraiser offer you his opinion on the diamonds scores and don’t anticipate a excessive resale worth – purchaser beware.

10) Chemical Coloration Enhancements
That is very tough to detect and it’s finished enhance a diamond’s coloration ranking. The nearer a diamond is to be being colorless, the extra worthwhile it turns into. Some pure coloured diamonds may even be enhanced to turn into pink, blue or yellow diamonds. Coloration enhanced pure diamonds value only a fraction of pure coloured diamonds, so whether it is too good to be true, it in all probability is. Many of those diamonds are nonetheless very stunning, however simply ensure to not overpay by discovering a licensed appraiser or sincere provider.