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From: richard hart
Date: Tue Oct 02 04:48:22 2007
 
     
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>     So what happened to the term pique for diamonds? I used to hear
>     that word, but I never hear it anymore. 

    I believe that as the information about grading diamonds according
    to G.I.A. standards became more widespread, and since the G.I.A.
    grading system has repeatable results, the term pique became obsolete
    as there were no actual value for the term. I used to tell people who
    used the term semiprecious that now ge= ms that were inexpensive 30
    years ago are now sold by the carat, and gems that were a few bucks
    cost hundreds of dollars, when you spend that much, they are now
    precious. 

Richard Hart
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