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To: RBMac who wrote (5114)	11/30/1999 5:58:00 PM
From: Goalie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7235

FYI: Fake diamonds prompt fraud warning (from CBC Newsworld): WebPosted Tue Nov 30 07:13:39 1999 TORONTO - If you bought diamonds in the past year, you may be the victim of a fraud -- even if your stones were accompanied by certificates of appraisal. CBC TV's MarketPlace has learned of a stone called a moissanite that most jewellers can't tell from a genuine diamond. Even diamond-testing equipment can't tell the difference. Police say hundreds of moissanite stones have passed as diamonds in at least 14 Canadian cities. Moissanite has only been on the market for a year, but it's become a major problem for the Canadian jewelry industry. Expert gemologist Martin Sheffield said he's not surprised so many jewellers offered to buy the moissanite that a MarketPlace researcher tried to hawk at several Toronto stores. "All the properties of moissanite parallel those of diamonds," Sheffield told CBC News. "So it's scary because it comes so close to a diamond that it can easily fool a jeweller and no doubt the average person who is out to buy a diamond."