Customers are always shopping for "
The Perfect Diamond". They spend countless hours looking at Diamonds under a Microscope or
Jeweler's Loupe trying to find
the most Perfect Diamond in the World.
I tell them that there really is no such thing as a Perfect Diamond. And then someone invariably will hold out there hand and say:
My Diamond's Perfect!
So who's right? The customer or Mother-Nature? In the customer's own little perfect World I suppose they probably do have what they call a Perfect Diamond. Which brings us to the actual word itself;
PERFECTION
What qualifies as Perfection? Is it the Perfect Cut? The Perfect Color? The Perfect Clarity or Carat Weight? Is Perfection attainable? The answer is...
NO!
Of course not!
There is no such thing as a Perfect Diamond
.
Perfection doesn't exist. And that's because of one single contributing factor.
Humans!
We are not perfect and anything we do is not perfect. We mine the Diamonds, cut the Diamonds, polish the Diamonds, grade the Diamonds and set the Diamonds. Once you bring humans into the equation, perfection is thrown out the window.
Here's a Great Example
You buy a loose 1.00 Carat Diamond. It's Ideal Cut! Ideal Cut is supposed to be the most perfect Cut of Diamond there is.
You also buy your Diamond with D Color! D Color is the finest, whitest Diamond in the World.
You get a Clarity rating of "Flawless" which means it has no visible flaws whatsoever under a 10x (ten powered) magnification.
You purchase all this and then ask me "Why isn't this Diamond considered Perfect?" Isn't perfection the "best" of all categories?
Not so much, let's break it down and you'll understand.
First off,
There is no Perfect Carat Weight
For some, a perfect Carat Weight would be 1.00 Carat! For others it's .50 (1/2) Carat. And still others it's 2.00 Carats!
Then you have the exact weight to think about. Is your perfect 1.00 Carat Diamond exactly 100 points? Can it be 101 or 99 points?
Most Diamonds are never cut to exact weights and numbers. It's like trying to find a person that weighs exactly 150 lbs. You'll find 147, 156.5, 152, but you'll have a hard time trying to find that exact 150. Diamonds are no different. Everyone is more or less in a carat range. It's almost insane!
Then we get into the craziest conversation...
The Cut!
Read on...
