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[Yves]

Hi,

I have read what the forum thinks about certification from bodies like AHA, GIA etc. What about certification from a diamond designer/marketer? In my case, [url="http://www.lelumiere.com/main.htm"][url]http://www.lelumiere.com/main.htm[/url][/url]? Any bad experiences?

Thanks in advance.

[davidelevi]

The question is whether you have any reason to trust them. Tiffany self-certifies, and so does Cartier, but both of them will use GIA for larger or in any way important stones. Still, I would trust a self-issued grade by either one; the company you linked above is a perfect unknown, and I would have great hesitancy in buying anything of any size or importance from them without third party grading.

[Britani17]

Yves, on Monday, Jun 14 2010, 10:05 AM, said:

Hi,

I have read what the forum thinks about certification from bodies like AHA, GIA etc. What about certification from a diamond designer/marketer? In my case, http://www.lelumiere.com/main.htm? Any bad experiences?

Thanks in advance.

If the diamond has both the GIA report and their in house grading it shouldn't be a problem. According to what I was reading on them they do both for diamonds larger than .30ct. and up.

[denverappraiser]

Good advice above but I do have a question. Who is AHA? It's not grading from outfits like GIA that you should be looking for. It's grading by GIA.

Neil

[Yves]

Thanks a lot for your responses. I am new to buying precious stones and have learnt a lot from your comments. It is AGA and not AHA

Edited by Yves, 14 June 2010 - 06:32 PM.

[HeartAndStone]

hello!

I also checked the link and surprisingly, I like their rings...
I just don't like the idea of other forced-to-be high end products because of the 'diamonds' nah.,
They say 'Diamonds Are Like People' it honestly made me laugh..

Cheers!

Edited by HeartAndStone, 15 June 2010 - 06:09 AM.