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P: 9/5/2004 12:13:16 PM
carina Rough Rock Total Posts: 41 Last Post: 5/8/2005 Member Since: 3/31/2004	How can a GIA very good or excellent symmetry grade have poor proportions? Isn't very good symmetry - very good symmetry all over??
Posted: 9/5/2004 12:13:16 PM

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P: 9/5/2004 1:26:28 PM
goldengirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,132 Last Post: 5/30/2007 Member Since: 8/20/2004	Not necessarily....the stone could be perfectly symmetrical--all facets aligned, girdle even, crown height parallel--and still be too deep with a shallow crown = LEAKAGE. Symmetrical could just mean it's equally poorly-cut all over. "...Why don't they just come right out and say it? 'Diamonds...that'll shut her up!' "
Posted: 9/5/2004 1:26:28 PM

P: 9/5/2004 3:50:58 PM
yowahking Cut Rock Total Posts: 317 Last Post: 11/13/2004 Member Since: 8/16/2004	GIA is starting a new system for cut, as the world is demanding a little more information. I went to a meeting of "experts" as everyone had opinions as to what makes a stone beautiful. 20 people in the room and not any 2 could agree. One said that the old standard for a woman used to be 36-24-36, and he said that now (for diamonds) we are complaining about 36-24.1-36. Good laugh as we all laugh at a customer who insists that a 1/10 percentage on a crown angle can be noticed to the eye, and yet we do the same to the cutters. The average cutting of diamonds has gotten much better in the last 5 years, it will still get better, but there will always be stones that are built like us, not quite perfect but not so bad. For me a little too thick of a girdle but a nice crown. Scott Bohall Owner, Treasures Custom Jewelers President Arizona Jewelers Association
Posted: 9/5/2004 3:50:58 PM

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