Why do EGL certified diamonds seem to cost less than GIA certified diamonds when the diamonds have the same grades?
It has been our experience to find that the EGL grading reports are not as exact and are not as stringent as the GIA reports. In fact, EGL grading often results in a diamond having a lower quality than reflected in the report. An EGL diamond may have an SI-1 rating, but the same diamond would carry an SI-2 GIA rating. Likewise the color can be one or two grades lower than GIA grades. In short, the EGL graded diamond often does not measure up to GIA standards. return to top 11. CERTIFIED DIAMONDS. My wife and I just returned from visiting our local jewelry store. We had gone to look for a diamond solitaire and had told the jewelry that we wanted a “Certified Diamond”. He told us that he could get one, but that we were pretty much wasting our time with the whole idea of “Certified Diamonds”. Does he know what he is talking about? And if, so, how can this be true? “In today’s market, the concept of a ‘certified diamond with papers’ has basically become meaningless. Therefore, your local j
