Each diamond’s girdle is laser inscribed with its unique identifying certificate number. This number is given to you with your certificate and recorded in the GIA and/or IGI database.

For customers whom the provenance of their diamond is paramount, we offer you a selection of diamonds which are mined in Canada and come with a Canada Mark Diamond Card. This card offers absolute proof of Canadian origin; it also states the rough (birth) weight and the finished weight of the gem. These diamonds have a unique identifying number which can be verified on the Canada Mark website and this number is laser inscribed on the girdle of the diamond.

At Gerard McCabe, we believe that a diamond’s beauty should never be marred by its history. As such, we only use ethically sourced diamonds in our jewellery. By purchasing our diamonds directly from the sightholder and following the guidelines of the Kimberley Process in the selection of our diamonds, we ensure that our diamonds are from the conflict-free mines of Canada and Africa.

The Kimberley Process (KP) is a commitment to remove conflict diamonds from the global supply chain. The core of this regime is the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) under which States implement safeguards on shipments of rough diamonds and certify them as “conflict free”. The Kimberley Process (KP) defines conflict diamonds as: ‘rough diamonds used to finance wars against governments’ – around the world.

Under the terms of the KPCS participants must:

• Satisfy ‘minimum requirements’ and establish national legislation, institutions and import/export controls
• Commit to transparent practices and to the exchange of critical statistical data
• Trade only with fellow members who also satisfy the fundamentals of the agreement
• Certify shipments as conflict-free and provide the supporting certification

Today, participants actively prevent 99.8% of the worldwide trade.