II. BALANCING QUALITY FACTORS You have already understood to grade each quality factor separately. You can now judge the stone’s color, for example, and determine its effect on beauty in comparison to similar stones. The same is true of clarity and cut....

Grading Vs. Pricing R ecently, quite a number of people have asked me for the buying prices for gems mostly from Myanmar . I could only tell you the recent market prices in proximity since each and every gem has different appearances as in cut, color,...