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On 12/12/2002 8:11:15 PM
Excellent points Leonid. I agree 100%. Your points however should not dismiss current and even further research into the effects of the minor facets which do make up 40 out of the 57 facets.
Hi lawmax!
While I was an 8* distributor we were told and touted that out of 67,000 diamonds the 8* was the "one" that matched GIA's model of perfection or was the one that most closely resembled it. Here is the article word for word quoted directly from the National Jeweler Website ...
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http://www.nationaljeweler.com/nationaljeweler/search/search_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1467801
GIA Corrects Erroneous Statement
APRIL 01, 2002 - Carlsbad, Calif. -- The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has issued a correction to an erroneous statement made in an EightStar Diamond Co. press release, dated Jan. 31, concerning commentary in the GIA quarterly journal, Gems & Gemology.
The EightStar press release stated that GIA, in two studies from 1998 and 2001, "looked at 67,000 diamonds in an attempt to find stones whose symmetry matched that of a perfect diamond it had created on a computer. Only one real-world diamond equaled GIA's cyber-diamond for perfection of shape and faceting: the EightStar diamond."
On Feb. 26, GIA responded with a statement of its own, saying "There was never an intent—stated or implied—in either of studies to 'attempt to find stones whose symmetry matched that of a perfect diamond ... created in a computer,' as stated in the EightStar press release. Furthermore, GIA has never said it was searching for a perfect diamond."
GIA did confirm that the EightStar diamond was used as part of its research, but only "to satisfy the need for a stone with high symmetry to illustrate the appearance of a diamond in fully diffused lighting, not to serve as a model of a 'perfect' diamond." This was further substantiated by the article acknowledgments in the Fall 1998 Gems & Gemology, which said that the EightStar diamond "approximated the symmetry of the (computer) model."
Moreover, GIA said that neither the 1998 study nor the 2001 study indicated that the EightStar diamond "equaled GIA's cyber-diamond for perfection of shape and faceting."
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Now PLEASE ... I am NOT saying that 8*'s aren't a beautiful stone. I am not saying that nor am I trying to argue with you. Just pointing out what is and isn't meant from the GIA studies concerning what's been said on the boards vs what GIA truly means in their statements. It's important not to read things into the commentary that aren't there to begin with.
Peace,
Rhino
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The former employee who wrote the press release may have erred in his writing by being overly exuberant, but the 8star commentary was based on whatever it says in the 1998 Fall issue of Gems and Gemology.