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IGI Education - Are Lab Grown Diamond Color Treatments Permanent?
As lab grown diamonds continue to gain popularity, jewelers want to know if modern processes that alter the diamond’s color are permanent.
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Efforts to improve color in natural diamonds began centuries ago with oils, dyes and bright foils applied to the pavilions of diamonds in closed-back mountings. In modern times more sophisticated chemical coatings may be used to lighten the apparent color of diamonds in the D-Z range. These treatments can be scratched, worn off or changed with heat or chemical exposure, so they are not considered permanent. As such, IGI will not issue a grading report for such diamonds.
What About Lab Grown Diamonds?
What Causes Brown Color?
IGI Color Notations Outside the Colorless Range.
- Blue, pink or green at saturations over J are considered Fancy Light
- Blue, pink or green at saturations N-Z are considered Fancy
When present in the NOPQR range: IGI comments include Very Light Brown or Very Light Gray
- When present in the S-Z range: IGI comments include Light Brown or Light Gray
- Note that color grades under N are reported as a two-letter range (N-O, O-P, etc.)
Optional
- For yellow diamonds in the N-R range, IGI can include the comment Very Light Yellow
- For yellow diamonds in the S-Z range, IGI can include the comment Light Yellow
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