Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America introduced Wednesday it’s now providing a cheaper but additionally much less detailed report for lab-grown diamonds.

The revised GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report-File now prices $55 for a 1-carat diamond, down from $85, and nonetheless consists of the 4 Cs. 

What it not consists of is the expansion technique (chemical vapor-deposition or high-pressure, high-temperature), and it doesn’t listing any post-growth remedies. 

It’s accessible for lab-grown diamonds between 0.15 carats and three.99 carats, a rise from the earlier dimension restrict of 1.99 carats. 

GIA President and CEO Susan Jacques mentioned providing a cheaper laboratory-grown diamond report aligns with its purpose of accelerating the variety of lab-grown diamonds with GIA studies available on the market whereas nonetheless giving customers and retailers the knowledge they need essentially the most—a diamond’s 4Cs and affirmation whether it is pure or man-made. 

The lab mentioned it should proceed to incorporate progress technique, post-growth remedies, and a plotted readability diagram within the full GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report. 

All lab-grown diamonds submitted to GIA are laser-inscribed with the GIA report quantity and the phrases “LABORATORY-GROWN,” whether or not they get a file or the complete LGD report.

All lab-grown diamond studies are, and can proceed to be, accessible in digital format solely.