Where do Panama hats come from? How long did 100 years of the last war? In what month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? What is the color of the black box on a commercial airline? What is a camel hair brush? What was King George VI first name? Where can come from Chinese gooseberries? How should one carat diamond weigh? Although the answers to questions May seem obvious, the more likely you'd be surprised they are not. Panama hats do not come from Panama. The 100 years of war has not lasted 100 years. The Russians do not celebrate the October Revolution in October. The airlines' black box is not black. A camel-hair brush has no hair. King George's name is not George. Gooseberries Chinese are not from China. And a carats of diamonds offered for sale rarely, really does weigh one carat properly if cut.

Let me explain. Diamonds are like people. They come in all shapes and sizes and people as they can carry a bit more weight. In fact, in the community of diamonds, diamonds are "overweight" in the community of people: Up to 88% of all diamonds. The sad part is that the diamond industry which is by design to produce all of these diamonds monk! In 1919, more than 80 years, a man named Marcel Tolkowsky determined that the diamond industry as a whole has been incorrectly cut diamonds and affecting the brilliance of the diamond. Mr. Tolkowsky published a paper on the way to cut a diamond if it would have maximum brightness (slight return), no excess body fat. The cut Tolkowsky eventually became the American ideal. Subsequently, in the 1950s, a man named RW Ditchburn applied the same math to reduce the fat off the other forms (marquise, pear, oval, etc.). For decades, if you asked a cut "ideal" diamond of a particular size, you got it. Then, marketing has convinced the public that a carat diamond or more has been the dream of size. This is where the problems crept in Diamond cutters throughout the world began to invent their own criteria for a "well proportioned stone" so they can fatten the diamond. It made me wonder "Where is meat? " I do not want to sound like an old Wendy's commercial but it is clear that we have a problem when 75% to 88% of a carat diamonds are overweight! As in the Wendy's commercial where there was a lot of pain and very little meat, we are running into the same problem today with diamonds should be 1 carat but are cut fat to they tip the balance more than one carat.

Solution: The only way the problem will be resolved is for the purchase of diamonds public to start asking for diamonds of "True Weight" (A diamond in the crown that height and thickness max flag belt more depth equal to the depth Total percentage and the proportions of which meet Class I or II criteria.) I've never met a jeweler who will be voluntary for consumers that the device used to measure vital signs diamond (sarin or Megascops machine) also has a content fat measurement button! It's called again cutting feature. Once a diamond has been analyzed, leveling all has to do is enter the data stored in the new program-cutting, between the expected results, (as a plastic surgeon showing you what your nose will look after surgery) and click the mouse. Within seconds the new-cut program announce that the diamond should have weighed whether it was properly cut from its current weight. Virtually all diamonds that I see is overweight by 20% -30%!
It is the diamond of "TRUE WEIGHT" we should pay for, but without love handles on the left of the cup. If enough of us demand pay only for a diamond "True weight" compared to its "greater weight", then perhaps one day cutters to get the message.

In addition, Panama hats are from Ecuador. The 100-year war lasted 116 years. The Russian Revolution is celebrated in November. The black box is orange. A camel-hair brush is made from squirrel fur. King George's name was Albert. Chinese gooseberries come from New Zealand and one carat diamond "True weight" is usually only 75 points.

* If you want to determine your diamond of "True Weight," please call the helpline national diamond
1-800-275-4047 with your vital diamond and we'll tell you what your diamond should have weighed.

By Fred Cuellar, author of a best-seller "How to buy a diamond.