Chapter 31 Pink Diamond
In the bedroom, Margot, who had changed into a silk pajamas, was leaning against the bed and reading a book.
Margot is not a literary young woman, so what she reads is not a "deep" book such as prose or poetry, but just an ordinary popular novel.
Because she was fascinated by watching, she didn't notice that Josie stayed in the study room for a little longer today.
It wasn't until Josie opened the door that she was alarmed.
But just as she raised her head, she saw Josie carefully closing and locking the door, and then she approached the window mysteriously.
"What happened? My dear." Seeing this, Margot couldn't help asking curiously.
"Nothing! I just want to give you a gift!" Josie pretended to be mysterious.
"What gift? Let me guess... jewelry??" Hearing what Josie said, Margot was a little surprised, and then said in surprise.
"Oh, honey, your guess is a bit too accurate!" Now it's Josie's turn to be surprised. How did this woman guess so accurately?
"Is it really jewelry? That's really great, show it to me!" Margot said with great joy and anticipation.
But Josie can actually tell that the joy is real, but it's not necessarily true when it comes to looking forward to it.
This is normal. As a rich woman, and her father was once a rich woman of a big jeweler, Margot has seen and handled countless high-end jewelry.
Not counting the big diamond ring that has been put away, Josie has also seen her other jewelry, all of which are collectible.
So it is simply unrealistic for ordinary jewelry to make this woman look forward to.
It is precisely because of this that Josie and Margot have known each other for so long, and their relationship has become unrepeatably close, but there is no reason why they gave Margot a formal gift... It is really impossible to show it s things.
Margot has been giving gifts to Josie.
From car to house, from wear to use.
He even wished to give Josie all of himself and his huge family property.
No way, the initial strength of the two parties is naturally unequal.
So the reason why Margot had expectations was that it was the first gift Josie gave her, rather than counting on how precious this gift was.
Thinking about it this way, Josie felt that he still owed this woman quite a lot, and couldn't help feeling a little more pity for this woman in her heart.
But having said that, Margot might really be wrong today.
Because the jewelry that Josie is going to give her is really more precious than she imagined, no, it is not expensive at all, but absolutely unparalleled in the world.
So Josie didn't overly arouse Margot's curiosity, because he was afraid that if he overly aroused Margot's emotions, he would easily irritate her, so he directly took out the gift from his arms.
Seeing the gift that Josie took out, Margot was stunned, but then her eyes widened, and she covered her mouth tightly with her hands, her eyes were full of the slightly dim light of the crystal in front of her. Dazzling brilliance under the lamplight.
This gift from Josie is normal, but also very abnormal.
It is normal because it is a diamond. Although she can only resell her own jewelry business because she is not good at management, Margot is still very good at jewelry appraisal since she was a child, so she can tell at a glance , The crystal in front of me is a genuine diamond, and it is also an extremely precious pink diamond.
But ordinary pink diamonds are not enough to make Margot lose his composure.
What really made her lose her composure was the abnormality of this gift.
That is the volume of this diamond.
It is said that pigeon eggs are pigeon eggs. Have you ever seen a diamond the size of an egg? And it's a pink diamond!
Before today, the largest diamond in the world that Margot knew was the famous Cullinan diamond, which was discovered in South Africa in 1905 and donated to the British royal family by the local government—the later Rolls-Royce SUV of the same name. It is the name borrowed from this diamond.
How big is it?
It is as big as the palm of an adult woman, with a length of 10CM, a width of 6.5CM, a height of 5CM, and a weight of 3106 carats. It is transparent with a light blue tinge.
However, this diamond was cut into 9 large and 96 small as early as 1908.
And what about the one in front of Margot? Although it is not that big, it can be called peerless, far surpassing the second largest Guangming Mountain, and its clarity is not bad, and its weight is estimated to exceed 1,000 carats.
Say important things three times.
Also don't say that diamonds are a scam.
In the 21st century, diamonds have indeed become a scam, for two reasons, huge reserves, and the emergence of artificial diamonds.
But the former is aimed at ordinary diamonds, that is, those small diamonds.
According to the research and statistics of later generations, the reserves of diamonds on the earth are as many as tens of trillions of tons.
Looking at this number alone, diamonds really shouldn’t be that valuable.
But the reality is that most of these diamonds are buried so deep in the ground that they are difficult to extract.
According to the proven reserves in 1943, which are easy to exploit, that is hundreds of millions of tons.
However, this number of diamonds is still not enough for diamonds to reach the existing value in the market.
However, the hundreds of millions of tons of diamonds also have grade gaps, and only 50% of them can become gem grade.
Among the 50%, it is classified according to the 4C standard of diamonds, that is, weight, clarity, color, and cut.
There are less than 1% of the diamonds that can be called really high-quality goods.
The diamonds in this part are more in line with the value assigned to them by the market.
As for the remaining 99% of diamonds, they are worthless, but this does not prevent jewelers from packaging them and selling them at boutique prices.
From this point of view, what a certain actress in the Xia Kingdom said has some truth. A diamond under one carat cannot be said to be worthless, but at least the collection value is not high.
So what really makes diamonds a scam is actually the appearance of artificial diamonds.
Man-made diamonds, as long as the production process is perfect, you can have any color you want, and you can have as big as you want, and the purity is also top-notch.
But when did artificial diamonds appear? After the 70s…
And only non-gem-quality diamonds can be produced in the first place.
Real gem-quality diamonds, in fact, can only be achieved by craftsmanship around 2000.
So the diamond in Josie's hand is a genuine and unparalleled treasure in this era.
"Is this really for me? Where did you get it? No one else knows, right?" Facing such a precious treasure, Margot was able to suppress her emotions forcibly and kept silent, which was already regarded as Very calm.
After holding back for a long time, tears came down, and Margot's emotions eased a little, and then asked a series of questions in a very low voice.
It's really impossible to be careful.
Margot is not stupid, she understands what such a treasure means.
Its value is actually small things.
The key is that once the news of the existence of this thing is revealed, Margot is really afraid that she and Josie will die on the street one day.
This kind of treasure is enough to drive the whole world crazy. Without the size of the empire that never falls before the First World War, it will definitely not be able to keep it!
And why did the British royal family choose to cut the Cullinan gem? Don't they know that bigger is more precious? In fact, they are also afraid of being missed...
So Josie sent such a thing to Margot, and she couldn't figure out whether Josie really loved her or was trying to harm her.
Fortunately, this kind of worry is not difficult to solve.
The same as the British royal family did in the past, cutting this gemstone will not be a big problem.
The reason why Josie gave such a diamond to Margot was actually the same idea... Margot, who had a jeweler father, had only learned how to cut jewelry for a while.
Of course, the previous Margot had cut some small diamonds at most, let alone such a big thing, she had never seen it before.
As for certificates...don’t worry, later generations will be the most authoritative institution for diamonds in the world. Although the Gemological Institute of America, that is, GIA, was established in 31 years, it really became a large institution with sufficient credibility after the 1950s. The thing, the 4C standard, was only available at that time.
At this point in 1943, there was no such thing as an authentication certificate.
(end of this chapter)