Have you ever heard of a checkerboard diamond?

[kenny]

I've been keeping my eye out for a small brown diamond.
Pinkish Brown not an expensive color, but what happened in this one is just a very rare phenomenon.

I found out that it sold (not to me ) only 90 seconds after being listed, and they feel the rare effect is the result of how a cloud affected the light.
How this could be is something perhaps only a GG or a cutter could explain.
I think it is a little gemological marvel.

FCDs never fail to surprise me.

http://www.fancydiamonds.net/view_diamonds/6095.htm

 

[minousbijoux]

Wow, that is awesome! What do you mean by a cloud? It has such perfect symmetry.

 

[chrono]

Could the crossing effect of the colours be due to reflection (not reflection of something external but internal within itself)?

 

[chel180]

very interesting stone.

 

[JewelFreak]

Unique. I don't get what they mean by a "cloud" either -- maybe something got lost in translation? Imagine having that to look at every day!

 

[chrono]

In layman's terms, a cloud is a group of inclusions clustered together, giving the appearance of, well...a cloud, hence the terminology.

 

[innerkitten]

How funny. A collectors piece for sure.

 

[Quantz Studios]

I'm definitely no diamond expert, but the first thing that popped in my head was something in the crystal structure, perhaps to do with twinning. I'm probably far off- I don't know diamonds. I'm a CS guy. Inclusions would have to be pretty powerful, I'm thinking, to project this kind of color pattern. Like a cloud of microscopic metallic platelets, interacting with the cut of the stone. It's interesting, thats for sure. To me, diamonds are boring , but this one is interesting.

 

[Fly Girl]

Love colored phenomenon stones, as do many others, apparently. Thanks for sharing that one, Kenny.

 

[txgreeneyes]

Wow! I have nothing important to add, but wanted to comment that it's a beautiful stone!

 

[slg47]

wow kenny I would have loved to see your pictures of that diamond! thanks for sharing-that is so cool

 

[Tanzigrrl]

Well, there's something you don't see every day (or never before, in my case!). That's fantastic! What an interesting stone!

 

[minousbijoux]

Kenny, come back and explain what causes its symmetry, please

 

[kenny]

Kenny, come back and explain what causes its symmetry, please

I do not know.

I'll ask Leibish if they can respond.

 

[acebruin]

They're on independence day holiday. Won't get a respond until Sunday our time...