What a GRA report is, and what it is not

Every bracelet we send goes out with a GRA grading card for the stones. Buyers ask what it is worth, and the honest answer has two halves.

What is on the card

A GRA report for moissanite lists the things you would otherwise have to take on trust:

• Measurement — the stone diameter in millimetres. Ours read 3.0mm.
• Carat weight — 0.10ct per stone, in our case.
• Colour — graded on the same D-to-Z scale used for diamonds. D is the top of it, and it is what ours grade at.
• Clarity — VVS1 on ours, meaning inclusions are very difficult to see even under magnification.
• Cut, polish and symmetry — the quality of the faceting and the finish. Excellent across the board on ours.

That is a real and checkable description of what you are buying. You can hold the card against the piece.

What it is not

GRA is the industry's own grading service for moissanite, not an independent gemmological laboratory of the standing of GIA or IGI. A GRA card is not equivalent to a GIA diamond certificate and we will not pretend otherwise. Read it as measurements in writing rather than as an independent authority.

You will see sellers present GRA cards as though they carry the weight of a diamond certificate. They do not. That does not make the card worthless — the numbers on it are the numbers — but it does mean the card is documentation, not accreditation.

Why we send it anyway

Because a number you can check beats an adjective you cannot. "Brilliant", "premium" and "top grade" mean nothing. 3.0mm, D, VVS1 mean something specific, and if the stone in your hand does not match the card you have a basis to complain.

The card ships in the box with the bracelet, exactly as it comes from the grader. We do not retype it.