Antwerp, Belgium - June 4, 2009: The International Diamond Council (IDC) announced this week it has released an updated version of its "IDC Rules for Grading Diamonds."
The new rules, which outline terminology for diamonds and "synthetic" diamonds, have been updated to incorporate changes that resulted from industry-wide consultations on diamond nomenclature.
IDC Chairman Stephane Fischler commented that the latest revision and its publication were necessary to amend, correct and make public a number of revisions that had been discussed and agreed by the IDC board but had not yet been in incorporated in the document.
