What is a needle?

[spartan183]

I was looking at diamonds and one of them showed that it had a needle. How does this affect the clarity? What does it look like to the naked eye?

 

[Regular Guy]

Date: 7/18/2007 11:36:03 PM
Author:spartan183
I was looking at diamonds and one of them showed that it had a needle. How does this affect the clarity? What does it look like to the naked eye?

So...fifth line down?

Surely someone else can help...

 

[Skippy123]

Look here https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/whats-a-needle-inclusion.1494/

 

[Skippy123]

another thread on needles https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/needles.5696/