De Beers: We Offer Greater Accuracy in Diamond Grading

Company claims more consistency with “very tight technological approach.”

In February, De Beers’ International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR) launched a diamond grading program, entering “what arguably is the most contentious space in the diamond distribution chain where concerns have grown over grading consistency and standards, or lack thereof, in the past few years,” Rapaport writes. Speaking with the diamond industry news outlet, IIDGR President Jonathan Kendall claimed that the grading program offers greater accuracy and consistency thanks to its “very tight technological approach to grading in which there is a significant human involvement.” He elaborates:

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