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# Rapaport Price List

Also called Rapaport list, Rap list, Rap

The Rapaport Price List is a weekly list of polished diamond prices. It quotes Rapaport's opinion of high cash asking prices, not transaction prices.

## In more detail

Rapaport publishes a Round list and a Pear Shape list, which also covers other common shapes. For better qualities, the list relates to diamonds with GIA grading reports. Dealers use it as an approximate guideline and a starting point for negotiation. Dealer trades tend to settle at a discount to the list.

## Related terms

- [GIA](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/gia): GIA, the Gemological Institute of America, is a public benefit, nonprofit institute established in 1931. It works in gem research, education and laboratory grading.
- [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.
- [Four Cs](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/four-cs): The four Cs are color, clarity, cut and carat weight: four scales that describe the quality of a diamond. GIA made them into a grading system in the 1950s.
- [Appraisal](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/appraisal): An appraisal is a statement of what a stone or a piece of jewelry is worth. A diamond grading report is not an appraisal.

[All 369 terms](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary)