A needle and a feather.......The same?

[Christy42]

Is a needle the same thing as a feather? The diamond I am looking at has a needle close to the edge. (Princess cut) The clarity is a VS2. I have stats if you need them. Thanks ahead of time....

 

[pqcollectibles]

A feather is a crack and a needle is a crystal shaped like a needle.

Here''s a couple of threads about needles for you:

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/needles.5696/


https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/crystals-in-diamond-are-worse-than-feathers.18367/

 

[RockDoc]

Date: 2/11/2005 3

5:34 PM
Author: pqcollectibles
A feather is a crack and a needle is a crystal shaped like a needle.

Here''s a couple of threads about needles for you:

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/needles.5696/


https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/crystals-in-diamond-are-worse-than-feathers.18367/

A feather run against the atomic plane of the crystal... If it runs along the atomic plane its called CLEAVGE...

Rockdoc

 

[Christy42]

Thanks. So I assume that a needle is better in that location than a feather?

 

[Richard Sherwood]

Yes, a needle is usually a very benign inclusion.