Joined: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:47 pm Posts: 147 Location: Aiken SC
Hi gang,
I ran into a dark brown diamond Old European cut that had fingerprint inclusions. It also had a frosted girdle. I suspected it was either a synthetic or has been treated with HPHT to improve the color. I talked to the customer she said the stone came from Europe over sixty years ago. I contacted GIA and they said it could have been treated.
My question is, do natural diamonds have fingerprint inclusions? I know in some of the better synthetics today that fingerprints are a red flag to suspect a synthetic.
Help!
_________________ Michael Ph.D. C.G.A.
Aiken, SC
"The fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom" King Solomon
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