another grading scandal brewing over Paraiba!

[strmrdr]

http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=30010

Buyer beware!!!

 

[simplysplendid]

So it seems we need to ask whether these neony and glowy blue green beauties are Paraiba Paraibas or Mozambique Paraibas before making a purchase.

Actually, since Paraiba Paraibas are so rare, I always assume that what I am seeing are Mozambique Paraibas. I wonder if others take the same approach.

 

[chrono]

Interesting link. I guess this goes back to the very same terms that''s being used to describe coloured stones: ceylon coloured sapphires, Burmese red rubies, etc. I suppose origin does matter but only to a certain degree. What''s the point of having a Brazilian paraiba that''s tiny, all included and not as neon versus a top Moz cuprite that is larger, very clean and glows like the dickens? It''s all in the semantics and $$$.