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Diamond Naturals

On many diamond reports you will see a clarity characteristic of natural, or indented natural.  A natural is part of the rough diamond skin, where it was not polished.  Often they are confused as chips or damage to the diamond but they do look different than a chip.  See this post for photos of rough […]

Posted byadmin2014-11-17Posted inInclusions & CharacteristicsLeave a comment on Diamond Naturals

EGL Everywhere Vs. Martin Rapaport

There is a battle going on in the diamond world these days.  People outside the industry will never hear about it of course, it is strictly at the trade level.  Let me give you a real high level overview of what has been going on. The Diamond Battles 1) EGL International has been over grading […]

Posted byadmin2014-11-15Posted inEGL USA1 Comment on EGL Everywhere Vs. Martin Rapaport

The Truth about Honest Grading: An Open Letter to Martin Rapaport

I received the letter below from EGL USA’s Mitch Jakubovic (reprinted with permission).  In my opinion EGL USA is in a fight for it’s life (and will probably not win), I will do another post about what is going on between EGL and Rapaport in another post… here is the letter EGL USA is trying […]

Posted byadmin2014-11-11Posted inMisc.1 Comment on The Truth about Honest Grading: An Open Letter to Martin Rapaport

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