The D.C. Area's Most Knowledgeable Diamond Specialists
Certification Comparison
Diamonds graded by EGL are not as well respected for accuracy and often sell at very substantial discounts. We do not offer EGL graded diamond and we highly recommend that you avoid them!
We purchased an EGL certified diamond and sent it to be certified by GIA just for this comparison. GIA graded the diamond similarly in every category except color. The color grade came back as 'I' color, to grades down from the EGL result 'G'.
The GIA 'I' color diamond was being presented to consumers as an EGL 'G' color under the pretense that EGL 'G' color is the same as GIA 'G' color.
Customers could have bought a GIA 'I' color for even less money than the EGL 'G' color. This is exactly why we insist on stocking diamonds with GIA or AGS Lab reports in our store.
