Chaz, I love hearing you talk about diamonds!!! You are almost writing poetry to my ears!
One thing that you have toughed upon here is about the crystal or actual rock quality that the stone was cut from. That makes a lot of sense really, but it is something that rarely gets mentioned. Its almost like some would like us to believe that all diamonds are equal but for the inclusions or color and the cut given. Surely diamond `crystal` differs from the get go with some diamonds destined to be more beautiful than others even with the same color and cut??? Can you elaberate on this please????
Oh yeh,sorry!!! Sometimes I forget and just blurb out a trade description,forgetting to explain myself properly!!! The 'crystal' bit I mentioned does indeed refer to the rough peice that the cut stone comes from, sometimes by merchants it can be described as clean,hazy or lifeless. So if I said mine came from a paticularly nice 'clean' piece of crystal to a stone merchant over the phone,he would have a clearer mental picture of what the stone would 'face up' like. I have graded some stones that on paper are D flawless yet IRL they are so hazy its untrue!! But not an inclusion to be seen so flawless was the call on the grade!!!