Diamonds at higher magnification

[bfleming]

So do all diamonds have tiny bubbles and and inclusions at high magnification like 60x? I was viewing - vvs2 graded by ags and there is actually a lot of tiny bits and bubbles in there. Do IF diamonds have this too?

Just curious

 

[JulieN]

You'll find something if you magnify it enough.

 

[Karl_K]

You'll find something if you magnify it enough.

yes

 

[distracts]

IF is only flawless at 10x, so yes.

 

[bfleming]

Ah I see 10x. I am learning waaay too much about diamonds. Thanks all.

Check this out, this was like a 12 dollar attachment for my iphone 5 that gives 60x mag. Not too bad IMO for a cheap little thing from china.

 

[pyramid]

Do IF diamonds have tiny feathers at say 60x then or just bubbles? I asked this a couple of weeks ago but no one saw it? Karl K - do you know?

 

[Karl_K]

Do IF diamonds have tiny feathers at say 60x then or just bubbles? I asked this a couple of weeks ago but no one saw it? Karl K - do you know?

They can yes.

 

[ecf8503]

Just curious... but is the stone squeaky clean?

 

[pyramid]

Thanks Karl_K.


This diamond is showing magnification at 60x which is a lot more than 10x but I wonder what jewellers and gemmologists who work with diamond microscopes all the time think about the 10x diamond grading for clarity. If it was me I think I would think well an Internally Flawless stone at 10x but if I turn up the magnification to just 15x it is now a lower grade i.e. vvs1 or vvs2.

Wonder how those in Japan who want the very clean diamonds feel about this or if they even know it?

 

[bfleming]

This is a super cheap magnifier. So I am not 100% sure some of that's an artifact. But it does have the appearance of being inside the diamond. It's as clean as I can get it without a steamer.