When you make a major purchase,
you want to make clear, informed choices. The AGS Grading System helps you
to define differences and gives you the information you need to make decisions.
If a diamond you are considering has a clarity grade of 2, then it's easy to
see where it fits on the scale. Specifically, you know that it is between 1
and 3 on the clarity grading scale, but you can also generalize by seeing
that the stone is on the higher end of the grading scale for clarity. From
there, and considering the grades on the other value factors, you can make
an informed decision when you buy a diamond.
The AGS Grading System is easy to understand, yet fully capable of making
and explaining the important distinctions that affect the value of the
diamond you are considering.
What Is Cut and How Is It Graded?
Cut is the only value factor that can be controlled by human hands. The
qualities of a diamond in the rough can only be brought out by the work of a
skilled artist. Before you see a sparkling diamond under the lights in your
local jewelry store, it has already been shaped to stringent specifications by a
skilled artisan, and given its beautiful polish.
The goal of the expert diamond cutter is to fashion a diamond that produces the
most satisfying return of light to the eye within a pleasing symmetrical shape. |
