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That's Quite a Rock
'Rough' diamonds -- some looking more like gravel than gems -- edge into the jewelry market
(wsj.com)
By YING WU
July 28, 2007; Page P1
From Tiffany to De Beers, a new look in diamond jewelry is on the rise: uncut diamonds that to the untrained eye can look more like gravel than gems.
Known as rough diamonds, these are the stones in their natural state, before they've been cut with the facets that give diamonds the sparkle, brilliance and clarity they are known for. In colors from milky white to yellow, green and brown, the large, uneven stones often have a cloudy appearance.
For jewelers, these stones have another appealing quality: The wholesale cost of uncut diamonds is far below that of cut and polished gems. Yet some customers are proving willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for them.
At De Beers's three U.S. stores, which started offering rough-diamond jewelry two years ago, one of every five pieces sold now features rough diamonds. A $45,000 rough-diamond necklace is displayed prominently in the window of the company's Fifth Avenue store in New York. Meanwhile, Bergdorf Goodman added rough diamonds to its jewelry selection last September. Retail prices for rough-diamond jewelry vary considerably, from $600 for a small uncut diamond set in a stainless steel ring at De Beers to $750,000 one-of-a-kind necklace of pearls and rough diamonds by Frank Gehry at Tiffany.
But because some of the usual key standards for assessing a diamond's value, such as cut and clarity, don't apply to uncut stones, it can be tough for consumers to evaluate pricing. "It's pretty much a blind purchase for consumers," says Tom Moses, a senior vice president at Gemological Institute of America, which set the widely used "4C" standards (cut, color, carat and clarity) for cut diamonds. The institute doesn't have a system for evaluating uncut diamonds.
Diamonds have long been marketed for their timeless style in the world of luxury goods. But in a time of quickening fashion cycles and a craving for the new and different, even the diamond industry has begun looking for novel products. In recent years, colored diamonds, in shades like yellow and pink, have become more popular.
• Diamond Sales Sparkle Online: High-end brands like De Beers are rethinking their traditional in-store only stanceIndustry observers say the uncut diamonds are being marketed to a subset of customers who increasingly want things that are both exclusive and subtle, conveying status only to people in the know. "Luxury consumers are maturing "beyond the 'look at me' phase," says Milton Pedraza, chief executive of the Luxury Institute, a market-research firm. The rough stones also tap into the current popularity of all things natural in the fashion market.
"It's a fashion twist on diamonds," says Lisa Kazor, senior vice president of precious jewelry at Neiman Marcus, likening the trend to black diamonds, which first appeared on the market eight years ago.
Many rough-cut diamonds used in jewelry are unsuitable for cutting because of their shape or flaws in the stone. In some cases, a potentially cuttable rough stone is selected for a piece of jewelry because it has an unusual shape in its uncut form. Generally, however, experts wouldn't advise consumers to consider cutting into a rough diamond they've bought in a piece of jewelry: The odds of finding a valuable cut diamond inside are fairly low.
Rough diamonds still represent only a tiny portion of the market for diamond jewelry. Last year, consumers around the world spent $68 billion on diamond jewelry, says Ken Gassman, president of the Jewelry Industry Research Institute. He estimates that sales of jewelry made with rough diamonds amounted to a few hundred million dollars at most.
The rise of a company called Diamond in the Rough reflects the growing popularity of uncut diamonds. Four years ago, the company began selling rough-diamond jewelry pieces online at prices of $500 to $1,200. But sales took off last year when the company decided to relaunch with new jewelry designs using bigger stones -- at higher prices. It showed its new collection at a jewelry trade show in Las Vegas last year, where it attracted significant attention from retailers, according to Anjanette Clisura, the company's president. Now the company's pieces, which only use diamonds of five carats or more, sell at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus for prices starting at $5,000 and averaging about $35,000. Diamond in the Rough expects sales this year to double to $5 million.
The profit-margin advantage can be substantial for jewelers. Jewelers pay about $8,000 for a high-quality one-carat polished white diamond, according to Ronnie Friedman, president of the Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of the U.S. Prices vary much more for rough diamonds on the wholesale market, with some selling for as little as $50 a carat and others costing several thousand dollars per carat, depending on the color and quality, experts say. Retail prices for rough diamonds also vary, but for a sense of the cost relative to cut diamonds, consider a 5-carat rough diamond set in a white-gold ring with pave diamond accents by Diamond in the Rough, which sells for $33,000. Under the industry rule of thumb, a rough diamond of that size could be expected to yield a cut diamond of half its weight -- about 2.5 carats, which in a ring would retail for an average of $40,000. A fairly high-quality, 5-carat cut diamond could cost $160,000 or more.
Designers say the high price tags are justified by the uniqueness of the stones and the designs. Uncut diamonds are also often adorned with smaller polished ones for contrast and extra sparkle.
Some shoppers say they're willing to pay more for jewelry that looks unusual. Penny Waller, an artist in California, says she recently spent $15,000 on three rough diamond rings from designer Todd Reed. "There is a little magic" in a stone that is "untouched, in its natural state," she says.
Left to Right in the bottom pic
Todd Reed Pyramid Ring
Price: $20,000
Comment: A 9.19-carat rough diamond with princess-cut and rough diamonds set into the yellow-gold band.
Diamond in the Rough Necklace
Price: $34,000
Comment: Necklace with five rough diamonds, totaling 20.27 carats, in a pink-gold setting.
DeBeers Babylon Medallion
Price: $45,000
Comment: The medallion, from the Talisman Collection, is set in white gold with 12.15 carats of rough and polished diamonds.Among major diamond retailers, De Beers was an early promoter of rough diamonds. Two years ago, the company launched its Talisman collection, a line of jewelry featuring uncut diamonds, sometimes mixed with polished stones. The company says its Talisman pieces, which range in price from $400 to $700,000, are among its top sellers.
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Yuck! :P
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Yuck! :P
I prefer them cut also
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they call it a 'rough cut' ..... which makes no sense cause there is no 'cut'.......
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they call it a 'rough cut' ..... which makes no sense cause there is no 'cut'.......
Well, maybe it starts out a lot bigger and they just rough cut it into smaller pieces for the ugly jewelry.
DAMN I HATE THAT "HANG ON TIGHT" MESSAGE! >:(
IT PISSES ME OFF!!!
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That's Quite a Rock
'Rough' diamonds -- some looking more like gravel than gems -- edge into the jewelry market
(wsj.com)
By YING WU
July 28, 2007; Page P1
From Tiffany to De Beers, a new look in diamond jewelry is on the rise: uncut diamonds that to the untrained eye can look more like gravel than gems.
Known as rough diamonds, these are the stones in their natural state, before they've been cut with the facets that give diamonds the sparkle, brilliance and clarity they are known for. In colors from milky white to yellow, green and brown, the large, uneven stones often have a cloudy appearance.
For jewelers, these stones have another appealing quality: The wholesale cost of uncut diamonds is far below that of cut and polished gems. Yet some customers are proving willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for them.
At De Beers's three U.S. stores, which started offering rough-diamond jewelry two years ago, one of every five pieces sold now features rough diamonds. A $45,000 rough-diamond necklace is displayed prominently in the window of the company's Fifth Avenue store in New York. Meanwhile, Bergdorf Goodman added rough diamonds to its jewelry selection last September. Retail prices for rough-diamond jewelry vary considerably, from $600 for a small uncut diamond set in a stainless steel ring at De Beers to $750,000 one-of-a-kind necklace of pearls and rough diamonds by Frank Gehry at Tiffany.
But because some of the usual key standards for assessing a diamond's value, such as cut and clarity, don't apply to uncut stones, it can be tough for consumers to evaluate pricing. "It's pretty much a blind purchase for consumers," says Tom Moses, a senior vice president at Gemological Institute of America, which set the widely used "4C" standards (cut, color, carat and clarity) for cut diamonds. The institute doesn't have a system for evaluating uncut diamonds.
Diamonds have long been marketed for their timeless style in the world of luxury goods. But in a time of quickening fashion cycles and a craving for the new and different, even the diamond industry has begun looking for novel products. In recent years, colored diamonds, in shades like yellow and pink, have become more popular.
• Diamond Sales Sparkle Online: High-end brands like De Beers are rethinking their traditional in-store only stanceIndustry observers say the uncut diamonds are being marketed to a subset of customers who increasingly want things that are both exclusive and subtle, conveying status only to people in the know. "Luxury consumers are maturing "beyond the 'look at me' phase," says Milton Pedraza, chief executive of the Luxury Institute, a market-research firm. The rough stones also tap into the current popularity of all things natural in the fashion market.
"It's a fashion twist on diamonds," says Lisa Kazor, senior vice president of precious jewelry at Neiman Marcus, likening the trend to black diamonds, which first appeared on the market eight years ago.
Many rough-cut diamonds used in jewelry are unsuitable for cutting because of their shape or flaws in the stone. In some cases, a potentially cuttable rough stone is selected for a piece of jewelry because it has an unusual shape in its uncut form. Generally, however, experts wouldn't advise consumers to consider cutting into a rough diamond they've bought in a piece of jewelry: The odds of finding a valuable cut diamond inside are fairly low.
Rough diamonds still represent only a tiny portion of the market for diamond jewelry. Last year, consumers around the world spent $68 billion on diamond jewelry, says Ken Gassman, president of the Jewelry Industry Research Institute. He estimates that sales of jewelry made with rough diamonds amounted to a few hundred million dollars at most.
The rise of a company called Diamond in the Rough reflects the growing popularity of uncut diamonds. Four years ago, the company began selling rough-diamond jewelry pieces online at prices of $500 to $1,200. But sales took off last year when the company decided to relaunch with new jewelry designs using bigger stones -- at higher prices. It showed its new collection at a jewelry trade show in Las Vegas last year, where it attracted significant attention from retailers, according to Anjanette Clisura, the company's president. Now the company's pieces, which only use diamonds of five carats or more, sell at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus for prices starting at $5,000 and averaging about $35,000. Diamond in the Rough expects sales this year to double to $5 million.
The profit-margin advantage can be substantial for jewelers. Jewelers pay about $8,000 for a high-quality one-carat polished white diamond, according to Ronnie Friedman, president of the Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of the U.S. Prices vary much more for rough diamonds on the wholesale market, with some selling for as little as $50 a carat and others costing several thousand dollars per carat, depending on the color and quality, experts say. Retail prices for rough diamonds also vary, but for a sense of the cost relative to cut diamonds, consider a 5-carat rough diamond set in a white-gold ring with pave diamond accents by Diamond in the Rough, which sells for $33,000. Under the industry rule of thumb, a rough diamond of that size could be expected to yield a cut diamond of half its weight -- about 2.5 carats, which in a ring would retail for an average of $40,000. A fairly high-quality, 5-carat cut diamond could cost $160,000 or more.
Designers say the high price tags are justified by the uniqueness of the stones and the designs. Uncut diamonds are also often adorned with smaller polished ones for contrast and extra sparkle.
Some shoppers say they're willing to pay more for jewelry that looks unusual. Penny Waller, an artist in California, says she recently spent $15,000 on three rough diamond rings from designer Todd Reed. "There is a little magic" in a stone that is "untouched, in its natural state," she says.
Left to Right in the bottom pic
Todd Reed Pyramid Ring
Price: $20,000
Comment: A 9.19-carat rough diamond with princess-cut and rough diamonds set into the yellow-gold band.
Diamond in the Rough Necklace
Price: $34,000
Comment: Necklace with five rough diamonds, totaling 20.27 carats, in a pink-gold setting.
DeBeers Babylon Medallion
Price: $45,000
Comment: The medallion, from the Talisman Collection, is set in white gold with 12.15 carats of rough and polished diamonds.Among major diamond retailers, De Beers was an early promoter of rough diamonds. Two years ago, the company launched its Talisman collection, a line of jewelry featuring uncut diamonds, sometimes mixed with polished stones. The company says its Talisman pieces, which range in price from $400 to $700,000, are among its top sellers.
Im not reading all that!................
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You don't have to my dear. That's not the kind I want anyway. ;D
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A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand,
But it won't pay the rental on your humble flat or help
You at the automat
Men grown cold as girls grow old,
And we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shape,
These rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Let's rock
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may be a time when a hard boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice
but get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are high,
but beware when they start to descend
It's then that those louses go back to their spouses
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Let rock again
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
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I'm not crazy about Ice. Only time its ever impressed me is in Amsterdam, where the jewelers have multilevel
mirror plates built sort of like a wedding cake. The mirrors get smaller the higher up. Like4-5 levels.
FILLED W/ GLITTERING DIAMONDS!! :D ;) They aim a spot light on them. I tell ya, it will stop you in your tracks when you first see one!
Raw stones? Lets go to Ma Sai / Thailacheck Burma at the border. Raw Rubies look like red rock candy.
Ive seen the ppl sell them to the dealers there. They size and grade them. Its cool.
Sweet. Oh, they do shoot RPG's & automatic weapons at each other there now and then..
THe map shows a dashed line that says "Sensative border area". 8)
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I can see the infomercials on TV now...
Cheap men around the world rejoice!!
Walk out into the back alley and grab a stone and shape it a little with your Dremel Roto tool and viola, A Rough Cut Diamond!! Your women will love you for it.
What an ugly piece of jewerly. I'll take mine shiny thank you.
BIG and shiny actually ;D
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I think there's a tourist attraction ...some theme park or other down in the USA that lets people go in and search for rough diamonds. They get to keep whatever they find too. If the trend of rough diamonds ever catches on, ...do you think they'd close down the theme park and turn it into a profit producing mine?
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I think there's a tourist attraction ...some theme park or other down in the USA that lets people go in and search for rough diamonds. They get to keep whatever they find too. If the trend of rough diamonds ever catches on, ...do you think they'd close down the theme park and turn it into a profit producing mine?
There's several parks of all kinds like that. Diamonds, Gold, ruby, emeralds.
But If anyone hits a big vein, Im sure theres some limitation language in the admission tickets ;).
Rough diamonds would be tough to spot. THey just dont look like much till cut.
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I prefer them cut also
you like diamonds?
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you like diamonds?
yes
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Cheap men around the world rejoice!!
I am a liberated man, I believe chicks can buy their own ice ;)
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I am a liberated man, I believe chicks can buy their own ice ;)
Well of course we can! :D It's just nicer when the guy buys it for us! ;)
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Epic too much hype over shitty stones.
My ancestors used that shity to clean their intestines, no joke, bitches.
What do the doctors call your specific mental disorder exactly??
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OS, you are my "Diamond in the rough", miss you girl! How are you doing miss thang?
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OS, you are my "Diamond in the rough", miss you girl! How are you doing miss thang?
LOL, and here I thought you didn't like me
I'm just busy trying to earn extra cash to pay the mortgage off in three years instead of seven. :D
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LOL, and here I thought you didn't like me
I'm just busy trying to earn extra cash to pay the mortgage off in three years instead of seven. :D
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Looking for a coupla ideas about how you might get that done faster?
I know a few people that have been able to clear their mortgages completely in less than a year,
...others still who've been able to buy the home of their dreams in less than 2 yrs completely mortgage free. :D
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LOL, and here I thought you didn't like me Oh my dear, quite the contrary! I am very impressed by the way you handle yourself on here and what you have told me about yourself, salute my sister!
I'm just busy trying to earn extra cash to pay the mortgage off in three years instead of seven. :D Let me express how proud I am of you in a circa 1990 urban colloquialism, "You GO Girl!
Good luck to you pal!
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The diamond industry is an evil empire...cut or uncut. By owning a diamond you are helping exploit poor men, women and children. They may be sparkly but imo they aren't worth the cost. The American media and marketers have done a tremendous job brainwashing us into believing we need a diamond. I'll pass.
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The diamond industry is an evil empire...cut or uncut. By owning a diamond you are helping exploit poor men, women and children. They may be sparkly but imo they aren't worth the cost. The American media and marketers have done a tremendous job brainwashing us into believing we need a diamond. I'll pass.
Not always, in South Africa and Namibia mining diamonds it is a massive very well paid industry.
Especially if you are off shore.
Diamonds are used in industry on a massive scale as well.
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This one looks like a big chunk of dirty rock salt! :P
This winter I'm gonna make me a ring! ;D
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The diamond industry is an evil empire...cut or uncut. By owning a diamond you are helping exploit poor men, women and children. They may be sparkly but imo they aren't worth the cost. The American media and marketers have done a tremendous job brainwashing us into believing we need a diamond. I'll pass.
Putting your money in color'd stones or precious metals is also a much better investment.
I'm not crazy about Ice. Many are. Its been marvelously marketed by The De Beers.
I'd like to see it take a serious hit in value. Its way overpriced.
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Not always, in South Africa and Namibia mining diamonds it is a massive very well paid industry.
Especially if you are off shore.
Diamonds are used in industry on a massive scale as well.
Unfortunately though, buying ANY diamonds regardless of where they are mined creates more demand and in turn will create more exploitation. I just think dimaonds are completely over valualed...just my opinion.
And because they are used in other industries does not mean I feel that I should go out and buy them...
Just a few excerpts from an article about "clean and dirty" diamonds:
-the deadly diamond trade has gone on for decades, in some cases, centuries, in the African countries of Angola, Sierra Leone, and Democratic Republic of Congo where diamonds are linked to widespread human rights abuse. Sometimes it happens at the hands of insurgent groups, who use diamonds to fuel atrocities, and sometimes it’s an unscrupulous quest for diamonds at the hands of governments."
In all, an estimated 20 million people have been killed or uprooted from their homes over dirty diamonds, and other natural resources in war-torn regions of Africa. Children are often used to mine diamonds in inhumane conditions.
“Individuals inside the diamond mines often experience human rights abuses by actually doing the mining. They’re standing in knee-deep water for days at a time,” Cadena said. There are also the dangerous conditions of breathing, eating, and sleeping toxic fumes deep within the mines. Before considering color, clarity and carat, Amnesty International asks diamond consumers to check out “conflict free” diamonds. “When conflict diamonds are sold, that means the money doesn’t go back into the country, it goes directly to insurgents,” she said. “Countries around the world are losing tens of millions of dollars that could be put back into their own economies.”
Cadena’s work has been specifically geared toward diamond exploitation, and she noted that the United States accounts for 65 percent of the world’s diamond purchases. “Wal-Mart sells more diamonds than any other jeweler in this country,” she said. “They haven’t signed on to jewelers for clean diamonds. We have not worked with them directly.”
(New American Media) full article here: http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=3b979941c75c56858f961a9bd9c176ba
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Unfortunately though, buying ANY diamonds regardless of where they are mined creates more demand and in turn will create more exploitation. I just think dimaonds are completely over valualed...just my opinion.
And because they are used in other industries does not mean I feel that I should go out and buy them...
Just a few excerpts from an article about "clean and dirty" diamonds:
-the deadly diamond trade has gone on for decades, in some cases, centuries, in the African countries of Angola, Sierra Leone, and Democratic Republic of Congo where diamonds are linked to widespread human rights abuse. Sometimes it happens at the hands of insurgent groups, who use diamonds to fuel atrocities, and sometimes it’s an unscrupulous quest for diamonds at the hands of governments."
In all, an estimated 20 million people have been killed or uprooted from their homes over dirty diamonds, and other natural resources in war-torn regions of Africa. Children are often used to mine diamonds in inhumane conditions.
“Individuals inside the diamond mines often experience human rights abuses by actually doing the mining. They’re standing in knee-deep water for days at a time,” Cadena said. There are also the dangerous conditions of breathing, eating, and sleeping toxic fumes deep within the mines. Before considering color, clarity and carat, Amnesty International asks diamond consumers to check out “conflict free” diamonds. “When conflict diamonds are sold, that means the money doesn’t go back into the country, it goes directly to insurgents,” she said. “Countries around the world are losing tens of millions of dollars that could be put back into their own economies.”
Cadena’s work has been specifically geared toward diamond exploitation, and she noted that the United States accounts for 65 percent of the world’s diamond purchases. “Wal-Mart sells more diamonds than any other jeweler in this country,” she said. “They haven’t signed on to jewelers for clean diamonds. We have not worked with them directly.”
(New American Media) full article here: http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=3b979941c75c56858f961a9bd9c176ba
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I wish there were more women that feel this way. All mining takes a toll. But, in areas where FreeLancers can make a living on their own, or work in safe conditions, and not destroy the environment, it brings much needed cash and jobs to the worlds most needy. Not all mine operators of slime.But, I dont care for the Ice Mafia one little bit.
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Buy Polar Bear Diamonds exclusively. They are mined in Canada and we don't play the Blood Diamond game.
Walmart sells Diamonds? We must be talking low grade P.O.S.
Seriously what kind of guy would go to Walmart to buy his lady a Diamond?
Maybe they have a good layaway plan ::) ::)
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Buy Polar Bear Diamonds exclusively. They are mined in Canada and we don't play the Blood Diamond game.
Ooooooooo pretty. :D
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Buy Polar Bear Diamonds exclusively. They are mined in Canada and we don't play the Blood Diamond game.
Walmart sells Diamonds? We must be talking low grade P.O.S.
Seriously what kind of guy would go to Walmart to buy his lady a Diamond?
Maybe they have a good layaway plan ::) ::)
I think I recall taht a Canadian firm is at the forefront of syntheyics. The problem is they ate TOO perfect.
Stone lovers take note. Massive gains have been made in counterfiting w/ synthetics. Even the distinctive internal crackel pattern of Burmeese Rubies (Present day Mymar) are being replicated so well that expert gemoligists are getting taken. No laughing matter on a $30K cat's eye or star rubbie. Make you want to click your Jimmy Choos together and say "I want'a go home ;D". Fools get eaten in every game. Know your shit, and take a pro. Or deal with only the most reputable that will eat it if they F'd up. Many hi Rep jewlers will.
love to shop that stuff in BKK. I could spend weeks.
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I think I recall taht a Canadian firm is at the forefront of syntheyics. The problem is they ate TOO perfect.
Stone lovers take note. Massive gains have been made in counterfiting w/ synthetics. Even the distinctive internal crackel pattern of Burmeese Rubies (Present day Mymar) are being replicated so well that expert gemoligists are getting taken. No laughing matter on a $30K cat's eye or star rubbie. Make you want to click your Jimmy Choos together and say "I want'a go home ;D". Fools get eaten in every game. Know your shit, and take a pro. Or deal with only the most reputable that will eat it if they F'd up. Many hi Rep jewlers will.
love to shop that stuff in BKK. I could spend weeks.
In total 1000% agreement with you. My girlfriend's father owns a chain of jewelry stores, and when I went jewelry shopping, I always brought along the pen. Counterfeit diamonds can fool even the most trained eye, ...but they cannot radiate heat like a real diamond will. Always demand they be tested with the pen.
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In total 1000% agreement with you. My girlfriend's father owns a chain of jewelry stores, and when I went jewelry shopping, I always brought along the pen. Counterfeit diamonds can fool even the most trained eye, ...but they cannot radiate heat like a real diamond will. Always demand they be tested with the pen.
Jag, the Tehc is growing in leaps and bounds. Read up in Gem and Mineral monthly. YOu will get a bad scare. THe days of this stuff being easily ID'd are over. Use teh spendy jewlers taht will stand behind a screw up. ANd I know you map your stones. Your pretty smart for a liberal ;D.
Your a closet capitilist, you cant hide it ;).
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In total 1000% agreement with you. My girlfriend's father owns a chain of jewelry stores, and when I went jewelry shopping, I always brought along the pen. Counterfeit diamonds can fool even the most trained eye, ...but they cannot radiate heat like a real diamond will. Always demand they be tested with the pen.
What pen?
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What pen?
www.aajewelry.com Order the catalog, its a goldmine.
www.rockngem.com
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Jag, the Tehc is growing in leaps and bounds. Read up in Gem and Mineral monthly. YOu will get a bad scare. THe days of this stuff being easily ID'd are over. Use teh spendy jewlers taht will stand behind a screw up. ANd I know you map your stones. Your pretty smart for a liberal ;D.
HRMPH!
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Your a closet capitilist, you cant hide it ;).
What can i say, I'm a compassionate capitalist. That's the definition of Liberal in Canada - compassionate capitalism
psst - Don't tell anybody though. shhh. that'll be our little secret ok? :-X
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What pen?
It's a pen that looks very similar to a diabetes pen, except instead of pricking your finger and drawing blood,
you poke the diamond, and if it's a real diamond, it will radiate heat, and cause the pen to beep authenticating the stone. If it doesn't beep, you know you've got a cubic. Also too, depending on the size of the stone, another thing you can do is to turn out all the lights. Real diamonds will glow in the dark. My personal theory is that it's not so much that the diamond is glowing, but rather the light is refracting off the many facets, and bouncing around in the diamond. Almost like it's trapped in there and bouncing around from facet to facet like a pin ball. The pen is far more accurate though.
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It's a pen that looks very similar to a diabetes pen, except instead of pricking your finger and drawing blood,
you poke the diamond, and if it's a real diamond, it will radiate heat, and cause the pen to beep authenticating the stone. If it doesn't beep, you know you've got a cubic. Also too, depending on the size of the stone, another thing you can do is to turn out all the lights. Real diamonds will glow in the dark. My personal theory is that it's not so much that the diamond is glowing, but rather the light is refracting off the many facets, and bouncing around in the diamond. Almost like it's trapped in there and bouncing around from facet to facet like a pin ball. The pen is far more accurate though.
Carefull carefull Carefull w/ the new synthetics that come out day by day.
They got Natural Burmese Rubie internal crackle down to a T!
Get a copy of that 1st catalog off the link above. Put the fear of God in you if your buying private.
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Buy Polar Bear Diamonds exclusively. They are mined in Canada and we don't play the Blood Diamond game.
Walmart sells Diamonds? We must be talking low grade P.O.S.
Seriously what kind of guy would go to Walmart to buy his lady a Diamond?
Maybe they have a good layaway plan ::) ::)
Any guy that would buy the love of his life a diamond at Walmart of all places has got some serious problems. You definately need a reputable jewler. Thank God for my uncle here in Toronto.
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That's the trouble with life - things are only worth what people will pay for them. And if some fool is going to pay mucho moolah for an uncut diamond then the greedy jewellery shops will be only too happy to oblige.
It ain't right I tells ya.
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That's the trouble with life - things are only worth what people will pay for them. And if some fool is going to pay mucho moolah for an uncut diamond then the greedy jewellery shops will be only too happy to oblige.
It ain't right I tells ya.
Rubies and Emeralds and 22.5 - 24K Gold are very pretty.