GIA钻石分级标准.docxVIP

GIA钻石分级标准美国宝石学院（Gemological Institute of America）在20世纪30年代首先提出4C概念，并建立了4C分级体系，其中颜色最早是以钻石产地命名；50年代颜色改用字母，从D到Z划分为23个级别。GIA是世界上最早建立4C体系的机构，也是世界上最具权威性的钻石分级机构GIA钻石分级标准颜色（color）净度(clarity)切工(cut)说明DEFGHI－JK－LM－N(O－Z）彩钻10倍放大镜下FLIFVVS1+2VS1+2SI1＋2I1I2I3比率：只测量，不评价标准圆钻琢型修饰＝对称性＋抛光对称性：特优、优、好、中、差抛光：特优、优、好、中、差外部特征影响净度，切工中不含外部特征Color:Diamond color is all about what you can’t see. Diamonds are valued by how closely they approach colorlessness – the less color, the higher their value. (The exception to this is fancy-color diamonds, such as pinks and blues, which lie outside this color range.) Most diamonds found in jewelry stores run from colorless to near-colorless, with slight hints of yellow or brown.GIA’s color-grading scale for diamonds is the industry standard. The scale begins with the letter D, representing colorless, and continues with increasing presence of color to the letter Z, or near-colorless. Each letter grade has a clearly defined range of color appearance. Diamonds are color-graded by comparing them to stones of known color under controlled lighting and precise viewing conditions.Many of these color distinctions are so subtle as to be invisible to the untrained eye. But these slight differences make a very big difference in diamond quality and price.Why does the GIA color grading system start at D?Before GIA developed the D-Z Color Grading Scale, a variety of other systems were loosely applied. These included letters of the alphabet (A, B and C, with multiple A’s for the best stones), Arabic (0, 1, 2, 3) and Roman (I, II, III) numerals, and descriptions such as “gem blue” or “blue white.” The result of all these grading systems was inconsistency and inaccuracy. Because the creators of the GIA Color Scale wanted to start fresh, without any association with earlier systems, they chose to start with the letter D—a letter grade normally not associated with top quality. Clarity:Because diamonds formed deep within the earth, under extreme heat and pressure, they often co