My daighter is teething (always, she is always teething) and so this is going to be a long night.

Dylan,with diamonds it is easy to spot colour with the naked eye - if there is a yellow tinge or brown then it will be worth less 9even when you call them by a fancy name like chocolate or champagne LOL). Clarity is usually easy to spot with the naked eye and definetly with a loupe - black marks / spots or an overall cloudiness will bean significantly lower price tag, but with s13 (slightly included 3) the inclusions should not be visible to the naked eye and it only relaly affects the amount of sparkle, so if youa re trying to find a bargain that is a good clarity for that. To test if they are genuine, yes, you can test the light refraction, but I would leave it to the professionals, the liquid I use is really highly toxic and also the machine is expensive. A good evaluator can tell a genuine from a fake, even a good lab one, and should only charge between $60-$100 and it is well worth it on any expensive item. Good to note too that in some stones cloudiness is not necessarily a bad thing - some stones are so rare that finding perfectly clear ones is just not very likely at all. Rubies are like that to an extent and their brother by another mother sapphires as well. (same stone different colour). If you need a good appraiser the one I use is really really honest and he will tell you exactly what he is doing which is good if you want to learn more.

To the poster who said I should raise my evaluation prices, my appraiser would not go for it, I wouldnt either. Maybe it is a Canadian thing but I just think it is better to be honest. And my appraiser has a reputation independent of my business that he has to protect. I get what you are saying though - you are probably 100% right I just can't do it LOL.

Rabbit, lets agree to disagree. I am proud of what I sell and stand behind it, I give away anything that doesnt meet my standards to my facebook fans. COngratulations for going through every single item and finding handful that are more mainstream, in this economy tell me a seller who does not sell items in the $25 - $50 price point. But they are not fake, they are not plated and they are all very well made and pretty and reflect my point of view.  I never ever have returns, I never have negative feedback and I never have unhappy customers.Ever. I was saying I would not sell the gold and gemstone cookie cutter diamond and gemstone items you yourself were refering to and I dont. I got my answer and so I am going to sign off, I am sure you will find someone else to target jsut as soon as I am gone. I am sure a few people will check out my website based on your comments, and so thanks for the SEO boost. 😉