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GemTrace Diamond Laser Inscription Registry
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GemTrace creates a correlation between the diamond registry numbers laser inscribed on the girdle edge of diamonds with their registered owners.  Until now it was not possible to identify the owner of a diamond or colored gem by the lab report number which is routinely inscribed on the girdle edge of many diamonds.

By registering your laser inscribed diamond with GemTrace you increase the odds of your diamond being returned to you in the event that it is recovered by a law enforcement agency.  Our database of registered diamonds may be searched by law enforcement agencies, retail jewelers, pawn shops and the public without cost.

In the event that a search is conducted and a diamond is identified as being registered in our database, the diamond will be identified as existing in our database and the person or agency who initiated the search may contact us to arrange for return of the diamond to the registered owner.  The identity and personal information of registered owners is not released, we act as the intermediary agent to expedite the return of the recovered diamond, colored gem, or jewelry item.

Until now it was not possible for a law enforcement agency to quickly identify the registered owner of a diamond based on the inscription of a lab report number on the girdle edge of a diamond.  The lab report number inscribed along the girdle edge of a diamond was merely intended to provide a correlation between the diamond and the diamond grading report which was issued for it.  GemTrace makes it possible to quickly identify the registered owner of a laser inscribed diamond.  Register your laser inscribed diamond with GemTrace today!


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What is Laser Inscription? PDF Print E-mail
Many lab graded diamonds are laser inscribed along the girdle edge of the gem with the number of the corresponding diamond grading report issued for that diamond.  The inscriptions are often referred to as laser inscribed diamond registry numbers which might cause people to believe that the numbers are similar to a vehicle identification number.  However more often than not, the numbers inscribed on the girdle edge of a diamond merely reference the lab report issued for that diamond.


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A Tale of Two Diamonds PDF Print E-mail
Our story begins after the diamonds have been cut and the diamond cutter submits them, along with 100 other diamonds, to the American Gem Society (AGS) Laboratory for grading.  While the diamonds are at the laboratory being graded, the cutter had the laboratory laser inscribe the diamonds on the girdle edge with the number for the corresponding lab report issued for each diamond, thus the inscription is noted on the diamond grading report.  We realize that we titled this article "a tale of two diamonds" however at the wholesale level, diamonds trade in parcels and one hundred is a more suitable number to begin our story with.


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Get Your Diamond Inscribed PDF Print E-mail
Many lab graded diamonds are laser inscribed on the girdle edge of the diamond with the number for the corresponding diamond grading report,  however the fact is that many more diamonds have never been lab graded or inscribed.  Perhaps you own a diamond that you would like inscribed to assist with identification.


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