derekinla
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2003
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- 467
I know I''m going to be touching on a controversial topic..... When it comes to visual perfomance (brilliance, fire, scintillation), what is the relative importance of internal and external symmetry? How important is symmetry relative to the external dimensions, angles? Putting any business agendas / bias aside, (i.e. 8* vendors and other vendors of branded Hearts and Arrows) is there a general consensus amoung gemologists in very broad terms? If I were to take 10 ideal cut Eight Star diamonds of equal color, & size, and mix them up with 10 well cut AGS 000 stones (HCA <2) of equal color and size, could one easily separate the stones? Or would it take special lighting and a trained eye?