Our Mission
The fundamental mission of the DCLA is to protect consumers, and consumer confidence, when buying diamonds.
An essential element of this confidence is providing accuracy and transparency in diamond grading. The DCLA grades to the internationally accepted standards set by the International Diamond Council (IDC) and the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), and continues to provide the supreme level of assurance to both the public and the diamond industry.
DCLA pledges to deliver services of superior quality in our continuing effort to guarantee unsurpassed standards for diamond certification.
DCLA strives to be a pillar of integrity, ethics, professionalism, and knowledge. We are committed to continuing our growth as Australia’s foremost diamond grading laboratory dedicated to consumer protection.
The diamond trading floor that gives all diamond buyers direct access to DCLA guaranteed diamonds from Australian diamond dealers.
latest news
Wednesday 14 July, 2010
INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND COUNCIL RELEASES IDC RULES IN RUSSIAN
The International Diamond Council (IDC) released the Russian translation of the "IDC Rules for Grading Diamonds" today in Moscow, on occasion of the 34th World Diamond Congress, the biennial congress of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA).
Thursday 1 July, 2010
ZIMBABWE DEFIES BAN OF MARANGE DIAMONDS
Zimbabwe’s government has resolved to defy a diamond sale ban ruled by the world approving authority, the Kimberly Process and will now begin exporting diamonds from its Chiadzwa fields.
Monday 10 May, 2010
DIAMOND PRICE INDEX PUBLISHED FOR CONSUMERS
For the first time ever, diamond jewelry consumers are going to have a diamond retail benchmark that will guide them in how much they should pay for a diamond.