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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8372186" data-attributes="member: 50987">Some more food for thought:&nbsp; when it comes to gems (and other fine things), bigger isn't always better.Depending on the clarity and color of the diamond (and whether or not those are consistent throughout the crystal), it can sometimes be more valuable if one single, large gem is cut into several, even hundreds, of other gems to be sold individually.Say there are a half-dozen occlusions in that large crystal.&nbsp; If those occlusions are left in the large diamond, they would reduce its clarity (and therefore, its value).&nbsp; But if the gemcutter cuts the large crystal into smaller ones, and excises out those occlusions, you would have a few dozen flawless diamonds of higher value.And suppose those occlusions were star-shaped.&nbsp; Removing them, and then cutting and shaping the diamond around them to create star diamonds, would create exceptionally rare and valuable gems.TL;DR:&nbsp; a diamond the size of your fist isn't always more valuable than a fistful of diamonds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8372186, member: 50987"] Some more food for thought: when it comes to gems (and other fine things), bigger isn't always better. Depending on the clarity and color of the diamond (and whether or not those are consistent throughout the crystal), it can sometimes be more valuable if one single, large gem is cut into several, even hundreds, of other gems to be sold individually. Say there are a half-dozen occlusions in that large crystal. If those occlusions are left in the large diamond, they would reduce its clarity (and therefore, its value). But if the gemcutter cuts the large crystal into smaller ones, and excises out those occlusions, you would have a few dozen [I]flawless [/I]diamonds of higher value. And suppose those occlusions were star-shaped. Removing them, and then cutting and shaping the diamond around them to create [I]star diamonds,[/I] would create exceptionally rare and valuable gems. TL;DR: a diamond the size of your fist isn't always more valuable than a fistful of diamonds. [/QUOTE]

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