In shopping for my first diamond, I learned a lot of things (other than how expensive jewelry is). I learned all about those pesky 4 C’s: cut, clarity, color, carat.
Clarity is the silliest one of all. Supposedly, a perfect diamond has no ‘inclusions’; permanent flaws or marks in the inside of the stone. As I was choosing a stone, the saleswoman would tell me about each stone, show me the stone under a magnifying glass, and point out to me all of the flaws and inclusions of each.
I just pretended to see them…