Here’s some neat things that might not make, “Exploring Diamonds”:
september 3 2009
Top left is that very sensitive scale I told you about yesterday, and top right is called a “rifka” – a 2-ply piece of paper folded in a special way that you carry your diamonds around in. Big stones get their own rifka and little stones get grouped together in one.
I find it funny that’s how a diamond gets carted all over the world… until the consumer gets it, houses it in a special box that’s often velvet-lined, and maybe has a lock.
The painting on the bottom is depicting the diamond industry and I don’t understand all the nuances and allusions, but it’s nice and colourful eh.
And there’s Keith and Al, friends and diamond guys for 25+ years. Hi fellas!