Take this test .. but no cheating
Other than measurements, How would you describe the spinel on the right to a busy person who is a good potential customer and is about to drive 300 miles to see the gem?
- Write out your description
- Ask a colleauge to do the same
- Give the descriptions to a third and ask if they can mentally picture the gem
- Show them this page and ask if the descriptions were adequate
Our description?
- Loupe Clean
- 5R3
- 100% brilliance
- Grade = +5
Translation:
- Loupe Clean [No inclusions visible with with 10X loupe]
- 5R3
- 5 = [excellent/vivid Saturation]
- R = [Red (no under/overtones)]
- 3 = [medium tone]
- 100% Brilliance [100% internal luster/brilliance, no extinction, no windowing, no dead areas.]
- Grade = 5 [best on a scale of 5 using +/- modifiers] (gem quality).
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