Meet Keith Williams, owner of the largest diamond house in Canada and also, ‘The Official Gemologist of The Canadian Explorer’!
september 2 2009
We ogled stones (below top photo is 30+ carats total weight), I pushed them around with jewelers tweezers (which are more delicate than you think), and shone a UV light on them because 10% of all diamonds will refract back a solid purple.
The scales gemologists use to weigh stones are so sensitive they’re housed in a box you must close the door to because a light breeze will affect the results. Bottom right is a design that’s being shipped to Tiffany’s soon.
Then he took me for dinner to George and we cackled and laughed, agreed ‘Hells Kitchen’ and Gordon Ramsay are fantastic (Keith, I saw him once, click here).
I met Keith at a cycling race weeks back and did you know last year he came ‘3rd in Ontario’ in the Time Trial races? I know, sick.
Thank you Keith, a lot!
NOTE: woah, as I linked up that restaurant I saw the adress is 111 Queen Street, weird, because as I’ve said is my special number. There were many things like that today, love it.
NOTE 2:
Learn more about diamonds in this post
Watch another video of us here
Damm we look good, sparkling just as much as the diamonds!!
Indeed we are, and maybe even a bit more.
Looking forward to more of this one – can hear Marilyn singing now.
Hi Suzy – talk to me Harry Winston, tell me alllll about it.