GIA spots broken diamond glued together submitted for grading

[foxinsox]

https://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=62678

 

[Austina]

 

[OoohShiny]

lol!

Nice try...

 

[stracci2000]

Another article missing all the details.
Who? Why? What happened next?

 

[tyty333]

Treatment - Elmer's

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Those silly ants are pretty productive!

cheers--Sharon

 

[Starfacet]

HI:

Those silly ants are pretty productive!

cheers--Sharon

They'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals!!

 

[bludiva]

Treatment - Elmer's

 

[AprilBaby]

And such a pretty color! What a dumb idea!

 

[tkyasx78]

Wow

 

[marcy]

It could have fooled almost anybody.

 

[Bron357]

“Under a microscope”?
I’m guessing it was the x10 magnification that did it!

 

[partgypsy]

Well, it was worth a try :roll

 

[the_mother_thing]

Why do I anticipate Gorilla Glue making a commercial about this?



But wait, there’s more!

 

[Luce]

Good thing GIA spotted it!!!

 

[AdaBeta27]

Wanted to quantify exactly what kind of fraud had been perpetrated?
Wanted to see if GIA Carlsbad could be bribed?
Just having some fun?
This raises more questions than it answers, haha.

 

[Rockdiamond]

Wanted to quantify exactly what kind of fraud had been perpetrated?
Wanted to see if GIA Carlsbad could be bribed?
Just having some fun?
This raises more questions than it answers, haha.

I tried offering a buck three eighty-nine and a quarter- they turned me down flat

On the other thing, crazy glue is muuuch better......

 

[caf]

What!? Crazy!