Peter W.. Rowe, schrieb:
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:45:45 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry gruhn
wrote:

If You will buy cheap the risk is higher that You will get a banana.
Is "banana" a regular term in the industry? Just curious.

Only if the jeweler using it happens to be also in the fruit business, or
hungry, or something. But the poster who used that term is a german speaker,
who's use of english may at times involve unconventional translations. I
suspect he meant something like "lemon", which does have a non-fruit well
understood meaning in consumer products in general.

So I wanted to express that also with diamonds whose 4-c qualities sounds
good or fair in the first view, there could have special remarks witch grade
the diamond down. A jeweller or expert will recognize it and avoid to
recommend such a stone to his good customer.
Some who are looking for the best price will have a good chance to get such
odd stones.


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