Diamond grading system defined!
Massive achievement for the diamond industry Ronnie VanderLinden, President- IDMA said, “Last week, the International Standards Organisation (ISO), based in Geneva, Switzerland, announced that it has ratified and published ISO standard 24016.” ISO standard 24016 is the first-ever standard approved by ISO that specifies the terminology, classification, and methods to be used for the grading and description of single unmounted polished diamonds. The document is a comprehensive technical document, 55 pages in length, providing detailed information with tables and figures. ISO is not known to make waves in the media, but when ISO announces a new standard, the world listens. It is, therefore, that Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation, called the publication of the standard “a historic moment for our industry.” “It is the first time than a strictly defined diamond grading system has been ratified by the world’s leading standards body, fo