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 Post subject: 95% loupe clean
PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:52 am 
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Almost thirty years ago I ran my gem business as a tenant in a gemmological laboratory in Vienna, Austria.

The owner of the lab was a humorous man and when a customer seriously asked, whether his 2mm diamond was loupe-clean, the standard reply was, "Certainly. This stone is so small, there simply is not enough room for an inclusion".

Another in-house running gag was "loupe clean in places" as a description for gems with very prominent inclusions.

Recently a customer asked what i thought of the description "95% loupe-clean".

The source of this truly amazing statement was, for a change, not our favourite online auction house, but a (German) jewellery sales channel on TV.

Now, the chutzpa and eloquence which TV salespersons show to hype up low-grade gems to brilliant jewels is awe-inspiring. However, that a gem and jewellery "expert" has the nerve to actually, earnestly and publicly declare a gemstone to be "95% loupe clean" truly baffled me.
The only fact which commands my admiration is that he did so without blushing.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:25 pm 
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I actually laughed out loud when I read your post.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:46 pm 
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Doesn't that put it in the top 95%? :twisted:

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