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Use the “4 Cs” to Judge a Diamond

Nov 9 2015

Determining the quality of a diamond is based on the 4 Cs:

1 – Carat

2 – Colour

3 – Cut

4 – Clarity

1 – its weight is measured in Carats. For a barometer, 1 Carat = 0.20 grams

2 – the whiter the diamond the higher the value; the pinnacle is totally colourless and transparent

3 – cutting a diamond enhances its sparkle and brilliance. Of the 4 Cs, Cut is the only one that’s influenced by the human hand

4 – a diamond’s clarity is determined by how many “inclusions” it contains, a spot or spec within the stone that got stuck during the millions of years it took nature to form it.

That’s why a black diamond is funny,
it’s just one giant inclusion.

One of my bracelets came with a little book, that’s where these graphics are coming from.

Possible shapes to cut a diamond into.

Please never a heart, so gaudy.

Piece it all together, and it’s like another language:

A 2.75 cts E VVS Ashoka diamond

Although I’m very non-materialistic, I do have a weakness for jewellery.

Remember when I had an “Official Gemologist of The Canadian Explorer”? Haha. Meet him here, and see what 30 carats of diamonds looks like.

$30,000 in Cartier Love Bracelets

Mar 17 2014

Things from My Week in Vegas

Aug 2 2012

Some outfits.

I always visit the jewellery stores, one of my only material weaknesses.

This line is a favourite.

Check out the lineup to see Batman 5 days after it opened BOOM. Had the theatre to myself. Review: I loved it.

It’s the only superhero story I like, because he is a normal human who turns himself into more.

I gamble on only two games: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ slots, and video poker. Video Poker has maybe the best odds in the casino.

Look at the purple circle first column, the rule is: you want a 9/6 machine, then an 8/5, don’t bother with anything lower.

I’m good at the latter, but really, it’s just pattern recognition.

I have in my head a whole life-strategy-is-like-video-poker-strategy-there’s-many-parrells-video in my head to make, there really are.

One of my favourite nights was Thursday Night #NotSurprising (if we are just meeting, I say it every week because it is: Thursdasy Night is the best night of the week).

That’s right, silence! It’s ridiculously hard to find here.

This is the penthouse of a casino off the strip, where check THIS out :O

How is that even possible at a casino? Where are the insurance people?

Then, oh THEN there was a pool table. I love to play pool.

And I played some of the best pool of my whole life.

I couldn’t miss. Not even being dramatic, it was Hollywood movie shots I was making happen. After one particularly amazing combo I yelled, “you guys are getting this, right?!”. I was the zone.

And that’s it, Vegas tada the end.

Never been a fan, but I seem to always end up here; that’s 14-ish times now. Here’s a post from last year.

Vegas, to me, is: over-the-top-over-stimulating, this shiny delusion that brings out the entitled dbag side of people, and just, excess is gross. But it’s the world’s conference centre. See you again soon I’m sure.