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VVS2 inclusions are very difficult to find at 10x magnification, occasionally visible from the crown side under expert eyes. It is the quiet high end: everything VVS1 offers in practice, at a friendlier position on the scale.
A VVS2 diamond carries inclusions a skilled grader finds only with difficulty at 10x magnification. The technical difference from VVS1 is orientation: VVS2 characteristics may be locatable from the crown, the top of the stone, while VVS1 characteristics generally hide below. Both grades are permanently eye clean, and both read as clean under a casual loupe inspection.
VVS2 is where the top of the scale becomes rational for more buyers. It preserves the near-perfect interior and the strong certificate while shedding a slice of the VVS1 premium, which is why experienced buyers of larger stones so often land exactly here.
Where VVS2 sits on the GIA clarity scale. The full scale, grade by grade, lives in our complete clarity guide.
Every clarity decision is really a comparison with the grades on either side. Here is that comparison, made honestly.
Step up if pavilion-side-only inclusions matter to you. Functionally, they will not.
Choose VVS2 as the value play at the top of the scale: near-perfect paper, permanently eye clean, priced below the grades whose advantages exist only in laboratories.
Step down happily for stones under two carats in brilliant cuts. The eye will never file a complaint.
Every stone we recommend is scored by ROSI™, our gemological intelligence, built by our gemologists, with clarity verified by a human eye against the actual stone. Request a ROSI™ Score Report on any diamond, ours or anyone else’s.
Like its sibling, VVS2 makes the most sense on step cuts and on brilliant cuts above two carats. It is a particularly common choice for elongated shapes at size, where big open facets and long sight lines reward a very clean interior.
Shape by shape guidance, including face-up size tables and what to demand on each certificate, lives in our shape guides.
VVS2 is where the smart money at the top of the scale actually lands.
Buyers determined to own a top tier certificate often reach reflexively for VVS1 or IF. VVS2 delivers the same permanent eye cleanliness and nearly the same paper for less, and the difference between them has never once been detected across a dinner table. If the top of the scale is where you want to be, this is its most sensible address, and we will tell you when even this is more than the stone in question needs.
Found a diamond you are considering, here or anywhere else? Send the GIA or IGI certificate number and our gemological team returns its ROSI™ Score and a read of where it sits in the current market. Complimentary, within minutes.
Score a DiamondWhere stones of the same exact specifications are trading on the open market right now. You get a straight answer, even when the diamond is not ours.
John Anderson, our Lead Gemologist, reviews VVS2 certificates and stone videos for clients every day. Send him any diamond you are considering and he will tell you what the certificate proves, what it cannot, and what your eye will actually see. The consultation is complimentary and there is no obligation.
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