Clarity Enhancement - Lasering
 
 
This method of Clarity-Enhancement is used to remove "Eye-Visible" dark black inclusions within the diamond, so that after lasering, the clarity-enhanced diamond is now totally "Eye-Clean". This process entails the drilling of very tiny microscopic "openings" into the diamond and literally "bleaching out" the black included carbon crystals.

An I₁ clarity can sometimes be improved to an SI₁ clarity. The body color of the diamond is not changed in any way.
 
Three years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revised its "Guidelines For The Jewelry Industry". In its "Revised Guidelines", the FTC stated that "while it is recommended that a diamond seller reveal (to a diamond buyer) that a diamond has been Clarity-Enhanced by laser-drilling, it is not illegal for the diamond seller NOT to disclose the fact that the diamond has undergone Lasering. There is nothing wrong with an individual purchasing a lasered diamond, provided he or she knows that the diamond has been Clarity-Enhanced by lasering. We at Bennett's feel very strongly that an ethical diamond seller will voluntarily disclose to a buyer that a diamond has been lasered.