Re: Ebay Diamonds

"Abrasha" <abrasha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> William Black wrote:
>> "Peter W.. Rowe," <rec.crafts.jewelry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:58rq54h7j8a4m7vecmi5okjou3ppplr9qs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>>>> Pass them through an international border (by post or in your
pocket) 
>>>>> you
>>>>> stand a chance of getting them impounded.
>>> Oh?  Not likely.  At least not at the consumer level or with cut
stones.
>>
>> British Customs (I'm not sure what the agency is called this week) has 
>> just
>> bought a very clever device for telling the origin of diamonds by some 
>> sort
>> clever test,  probably crystalography of some kind.
>
> Bull****!
>

What technology do they use?

Don't tell me the bloody thing is a PR fantasy,  because it isn't.

-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.