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Gold/Mining/Energy : Canadian Diamond Play Cafi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: m.philli who wrote (261)	10/30/2002 11:07:36 AM
From: VAUGHN	Respond to of 16206

Hello m.philli If I may offer a reply. At this stage of development and information release, only DE BEERS could truthfully answer that and I doubt they are likely to. So the short simple answer to your question is that it could be any combination of the four C's (excluding Cut). Regards Vaughn

To: m.philli who wrote (261)	10/30/2002 11:36:08 AM
From: rdww	Respond to of 16206

i don't think you'll ever get a straight answer on that question. Diavik's A154S is a $80 odd US per ct I think - but they get 4.2cpt and ABZ won't say what makes up that #. Are they lower grade stones - IE - do they have internal flaws and bad shapes? They won't say and the implications are that the stones are nice since Tiffany's get first pick of the stones and they are a resellor who only wants 'gems'. Diamonds are a pain in the neck to value out. Companies do a large bulk hoping to get 2000cts to get a valuation done from 2 separate valuators and then they use that # as thier per ct value. MPV had a pkg of stones valued at $65K US and 1 stone accounted for $60K - it was a 9.9ct stone. I probably didn't help at all here did I !