[Jewelry making - Article 00046] - [Orchid] Diamonds unanswered

[Gerry]

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All,

    For a long time the diamond question has been on my mind.  I would
    like a few of you to respond to a couple of questions that I have
    still unanswered. 

    Question #1 - Do you think that if all the money that has been spent
    on diamond exploration were spent on say alexandrite exploration
    there would be many more alexandrites on the market?  Would small
    alexandrites be as common as small diamonds? How about any other
    gemstone that we now consider rare? 

    Question #2 - Has anyone ever seen the actual pile of rough or cut
    diamonds supposedly stored by DeBeers? 

    Question #3 - At what point in diamond size and quality does a stone
    qualify as rare? 

    Question #4 - Does anyone know what percentage of diamonds that are
    mined are cuttable into jewelry grade diamonds?  What is a jewelry
    grade diamond? 

    My opinions on diamonds are the same as my opinions on other stones.
    Stones in the ground are beautiful objects with no meaning nor any
    ambitions. Humanity from the mining to the shaping to the
    embellishment in jewelry give meaning to the stone.  Stones become
    bearers of love and bearers of immense hardship. All because of
    humans. Just like a gun does not kill, diamonds are not bad.  Humans
    can be very bad. 

Gerry Galarneau

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