Education: The Cs

At least 13 factors affect diamond value, including fluorescence, table percentage, symmetry and other crucial details. The basic 4 Cs will be explained just about everywhere when trying to find tutorials on diamonds.

Please read our Performance and Precision tutorials to have a better understanding of diamonds and cut quality.

These 4 indicators are just a good place to start:


There are various diamond grading laboratories in the world:
Conflict diamonds shouldn't exist:

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