The Diamond High Council is the officially recognized representative of the Belgian diamond trade
and industry. HRD headquarters are located in
Antwerp, Belgium. World
Diamond Center.
Buying a diamond is something special. Each diamond
has its own personality; it is a unique work of art, made partially by nature and by human
hand. To fully appreciate a stone, information is needed and this can be found in a
diamond certificate.
A certificate is of course only useful if it is
reliable. The HRD certificate enjoys an excellent reputation for
objectivity and quality. The objectivity of the grading results is guaranteed by
preserving the strictest anonymity. When a diamond is brought in for examination at the
reception of the Certificates Department, all data are introduced into the computer. The
stone then receives two numbers: an external number for use of the client, which is
printed on the receipt note, and an internal number to follow the stone in the lab. The
graders who perform the examination never know to whom a stone belongs, which is a
guarantee of absolute objectivity. |
