{"id":25656,"date":"2022-11-07T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=25656"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:24:36","slug":"who-carries-gia-certified-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/who-carries-gia-certified-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO CARRIES GIA CERTIFIED DIAMONDS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Who-Carries-GIA-Certified-Diamonds.gif\" title=\"Who Carries GIA Certified Diamonds\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25658\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Finding GIA&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nYou&#8217;d think it would be an <strong>easy task to do<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nTo find out which jewelers carry <strong>GIA certified diamonds<\/strong> (and by &#8220;<strong>certified<\/strong>&#8221; I mean diamonds graded with a <strong>GIA diamond report<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>\nBut many jewelers (both <strong>nationwide<\/strong> and <strong>independent<\/strong>) do not carry <strong>GIA<\/strong> for some reason. Maybe the diamond they bought was already graded? Maybe they wanted it <strong>graded faster<\/strong>? Maybe they wanted the stone <strong>graded cheaper?<\/strong> You just don&#8217;t know. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe fact is, there are tons of places and people (<strong>Diamontologists<\/strong>) who can grade diamonds and give a report; <strong>AGS<\/strong>, IGI, <strong>EGL<\/strong>, DCLA, <strong>HRD<\/strong>, GEMEX&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\nBut since <strong>GIA is the best<\/strong>, devised the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/the-4-cs-of-diamonds\/\">4C system<\/a>, and wrote the book on diamond grading, it&#8217;s wise to stick with the leaders, who uses the most advanced technology, and give <strong>the most accurate and strict reports<\/strong> possible.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>They are the ones to trust!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>So how do you find these GIA sellers?<\/h2>\n<p>\nWell, you can check out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenile.com\/?a_aid=JSDG\">Blue Nile<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=H,G,F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1,VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF,FL&#038;Polish=EX,VG&#038;Symmetry=EX,VG&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">James Allen<\/a> for starters. They are the <strong>two biggest diamond dealers online<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nOr you can head on over to <strong>GIA&#8217;s official website<\/strong> and use their online &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gia.edu\/retailer-lookup\" rel=\"noopener\">Retailer Lookup<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s a page dedicated to finding jewelers across the globe who <strong>sell GIA certified diamonds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gia.edu\/retailer-lookup\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GIA-Certified-Diamond-Retailers-Jewelers.jpg\" alt=\"GIA Certified Diamond Retailers Jewelers\" title=\"GIA Certified Diamond Retailers Jewelers\" width=\"640\" height=\"508\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GIA-Certified-Diamond-Retailers-Jewelers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GIA-Certified-Diamond-Retailers-Jewelers-100x79.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GIA-Certified-Diamond-Retailers-Jewelers-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>To use the lookup is easy&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nSimply input your <strong>zip code or city<\/strong> and GIA will show you <strong>a map and a list<\/strong>, highlighting all the stores in their system that are in your area with their <strong>name, address and directions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThat way you won&#8217;t have to <strong>drive all around town<\/strong> to find the perfect diamond and to shop and compare like qualities and certificates.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Because nothing compares to GIA!<\/h2>\n<p>\nJust check prices with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenile.com\/?a_aid=JSDG\">Blue Nile<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=H,G,F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1,VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF,FL&#038;Polish=EX,VG&#038;Symmetry=EX,VG&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">James Allen<\/a> before you start (<strong>YOU&#8217;LL SAVE YOU TONS OF MONEY!<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gia.edu\/retailer-lookup\" rel=\"noopener\">Use GIA&#8217;s retailer lookup HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Finding GIA&#8230; You&#8217;d think it would be an easy task to do&#8230; To find out which jewelers carry GIA certified diamonds (and by &#8220;certified&#8221; I mean diamonds graded with a GIA diamond report). But many <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/who-carries-gia-certified-diamonds\/\" title=\"WHO CARRIES GIA CERTIFIED DIAMONDS?\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,29,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-certification","category-diamond-guide","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}