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# Diamond Dossier

Also called GIA Diamond Dossier, Dossier

The Diamond Dossier is a shorter GIA report for loose natural diamonds of 0.15 to 1.99 carats, D to Z. It gives the four Cs and a proportion diagram, but no clarity plot.

## In more detail

Instead of a plot, it lists in words up to four of the most significant clarity characteristics. GIA laser-inscribes the report number on the girdle of every Dossier stone. GIA doesn't issue it for synthetics, simulants, mounted stones, HPHT-processed or color-treated stones, or unstable treatments. Since January 2023 the Dossier has been digital only.

## On a grading report

A document that calls itself a GIA Dossier but shows a plotted diagram is not a real Dossier.

## Related terms

- [Diamond grading report](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/diamond-grading-report): A diamond grading report is an independent lab's record of what a stone is and how it grades. It is true for the day the lab examined the stone.
- [Clarity plot](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/clarity-plot): The clarity plot is the map on a full grading report: an outline of the stone with symbols on it. Each symbol shows the type, position and approximate size of a clarity characteristic.
- [Inscription](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/inscription): An inscription is text that a laser writes on the girdle of a stone, too small to see without magnification. Most often it is the report number.
- [Key to symbols](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/key-to-symbols): The key to symbols is the list beside the clarity plot. It names the kinds of clarity characteristic on that plot.
- [HPHT](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/hpht): HPHT stands for high pressure, high temperature. The same conditions can grow a diamond in a laboratory or treat a natural one to change its color.

## Learn more

- [What a diamond grading report is, and what it isn't](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/what-is-a-diamond-grading-report)
- [The clarity plot: how to read the inclusion map on a report](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/diamond-clarity-plot)
- [How to read a diamond grading report, start to finish](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/how-to-read-a-diamond-grading-report)
- [The ID section of a diamond report: number, shape and measurements](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/diamond-report-identity-section)

[All 328 terms](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary)