The other day, I was talking with one of our sales reps. She is a classy woman who dresses quite nice. I asked her if I could look at her diamond ring. She eagerly agreed so I got out my loop for a look see.

As expected, it was a very nice diamond. Good color and clarity. Since I could not see any inclusions, I concluded that it must be at least a VS1.

After I had finished looking at it, she asked me if I could tell real diamonds from fake. I told her that I could most of the time so she reached into her purse and pulled out a single diamond earring. She wanted to know if it was real or not.

When I examined it, I could see a small inclusion in the stone so that told me right away that it wasn’t a cubic. Plus, it had a good color and clarity. Cubics just don’t have the clarity of real diamonds. I told her that I was pretty sure it was real but that she should have it checked with a jeweler.

Then she told me that she had found it in her sofa. Right away, I started drawing thoughts that had not yet occurred to her, namely, how did it end up in her sofa?

Since this earring was at least a 1/2 carat diamond, who ever lost it was out about $500. Certainly, if some one had been to her house and had lost such an earring, they would have made some sort of inquiry. Yet, no one had made any inquires as to its existence.

This would lead me to believe that the person who lost it was either too wealthy to care or the person who lost it should not have been there in the first place. I am inclined to go with the latter.

I am sure that she will eventually put two and two together.