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Does An Inscription Make a Diamond More Secure?

Laser inscription has been the answer for consumers and jewelers to correctly identify their own individual diamonds for many years now.

Inscriptions are individually unique symbols, letters or numbers on diamonds that makes it easier for the owner to know what kind of diamond they are dealing with.

Security in a diamond is important as you want to leave with the diamond that you came with. Inscription on a diamond is a sure way to mark what is yours in the first place.

This helps prevent fraud and scams by those wanting to replace or switch your own authentic and valuable diamond with another of a lower and cheaper quality.

Inscription on a diamond helps it to be more secure as you will prevent crimes such as these from happening when you have your diamond for repair or reset on a piece of jewelry.

Owners with inscriptions on their diamonds can be more assured as they can have their diamonds checked and verified with the help of the laser inscription.

What is an Inscription on a Diamond?

A diamond laser inscription is a mixture of letters or numbers engraved in a diamond and is usually found on the stone’s girdle.

These symbols are unique as it serves as an identification to diamond when needed.

Can You Engrave a Diamond?

Yes.

If you do choose to have a message engraved, keep it short and to the point as there is only much space available on the girdle of the diamond. Limit it and keep it as essential to what you want to say.

Do not put long sentences and hundreds of numbers on your diamond as it can take up a lot of space.

Popular things to engrave are wedding anniversaries, the words, “I Love You”, or the name of a couple together.

Whatever you have to say, it is up to you, although you may want to have the approval of the one doing the inscription on your diamond.

Where is the Inscription on a Diamond?

To go into further detail, the process of diamond laser inscription is by a laser shooting a small beam on the narrow edge perimeter of the diamond. When the laser hits the carbon of the diamond, the part turns black showing the inscripted letters or numbers.

Jeweler Engraving on ring - Shira Diamonds

The inscription is tiny and you will need a special jeweler’s loupe or microscope in order to read the inscription so that the diamond will still look spotless and clean even with the inscriptions marked.

The inscriptions are designed to normally attach the grading report of the diamond from the laboratory that inspected and graded the diamond such as the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), a well-known authority on diamond certification.

That is why the symbols such as letters or numbers on the GIA certificate match exactly with the inscription on the diamond.

Do all GIA diamonds have laser inscription?

Yes, all GIA diamonds have laser inscription as the diamonds have gone through numerous tests and inspections in order to be made and given a report on its worth and a listing of its flaws, if any

Why are Diamonds Laser Inscribed?

  1. Personalized

    Laser inscription on diamonds is a great way to personalize your diamonds in any way you want to.

    Such as unique messages on wedding bands, you can get personalized messages or symbols inscripted on the diamond’s girdle.

    You can have it engraved with personal messages like a favorite quote, a date, or a name of a special person. You can even put romantic or secret hidden messages on an engagement ring.

  2. Organization

    Wholesalers or dealers of diamonds are sure to have hundreds of a variety of diamonds in stock.

    Laser inscription on a diamond is an excellent way of keeping track of all the diamonds they have.

    The diamonds can vary in cut and color however, there are many diamonds who look almost identical to one another so laser inscription each one is a great way to know what kind of diamond you are dealing with.

    It also helps with keeping track of what kind of diamond they have left when they have sold the diamond so as to not mix diamonds with one another.

    What they do is to read and scan the inscription on the stone and read the report and know what diamond they are working with.

  3. Security

Recently, inscriptions on diamonds have become a trend to increase their security. If diamonds have inscriptions for example, like loose diamonds then, those loose diamonds are easier to identify or difficult to steal or switch with other diamonds.

There has been a rising understanding among common consumers about theft of diamonds when it is still in the repair or resetting process in the last couple of years.

This is fueled by hiding hidden cameras and reporting the switch on well-known tv news programs.

What happens is a diamond owner leaves his or her diamond for repair or resetting then only finds out with an appraiser after they picked it up that their valuable diamond has been switched to a lower value diamond.

Evidence of the switch can be limited since there can be little to no proof that the diamond has been switched or they never gave the right diamond in the first place.

That is why many diamond consumers have been wise and laser inscriptions are seen as a vital way to avoid the likelihood of switching original diamonds to other lower quality diamonds.

When leaving diamonds with the jeweler the inscriptions can be confirmed as well as when they are picked up, making sure that they come and leave with their original diamonds.

Does Laser Inscription Affect Diamond Value?

In some cases, laser inscriptions affect the diamond’s value such as increasing its worth and value when being sold.

This is because a diamond with a certificate plus a laser inscription is worth more than a diamond without those that has an actual proof of the quality and worth of a diamond rather than relying on the words of a jeweler or seller.

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