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title: "Pinpoint: meaning in gemology"
description: "A pinpoint is a very small crystal inside a diamond that looks like a tiny dot at 10x."
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[Glossary](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary) · Clarity characteristics

# Pinpoint

Also called pinpoints

A pinpoint is a very small crystal inside a diamond that looks like a tiny dot at 10x.

## In more detail

In our simulator, a single pinpoint is all a VVS1 stone shows. Many pinpoints grouped together form a cloud.

## On a grading report

Drawn in red on the clarity plot of a full GIA report and named in the key to symbols. A Dossier has no plot but can name it in its list of up to four.

## Related terms

- [Cloud](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/cloud): A cloud is many tightly grouped pinpoints that are too small to see one by one but together look hazy.
- [Crystal](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/crystal-inclusion): A crystal is a mineral crystal contained in a diamond.
- [Very, Very Slightly Included (VVS1, VVS2)](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/vvs): VVS1 and VVS2 are the clarity grades for very small inclusions. Even a skilled grader has difficulty finding them at 10x.
- [Inclusion](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/inclusion): An inclusion is a clarity characteristic inside a diamond, or one that reaches the surface from inside.

## Learn more

- [The diamond clarity scale explained, from FL to I3](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/four-cs/diamond-clarity-scale)
- [The clarity plot: how to read the inclusion map on a report](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/diamond-clarity-plot)

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