Since the release of Forever One™, the first colorless grade of moissanite from Charles & Colvard®, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about how moissanite is graded and what “colorless” really means. This post will show you what goes on behind the scenes during the grading process at Charles & Colvard HQ in Morrisville, NC. We even asked some of the resident experts some of your pressing questions about grading and Forever One™!
You might be familiar with GIA’s (Gemological Institute of America) Diamond Color Grading Scale. Moissanite is actually graded for color using the same scale. However, “color” is a bit misleading; it is a stone’s LACK of visible color that determines its color grade. The GIA color grading scale ranges from D to Z. D is the m