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Thanks for answering my question Pythoninfinite.I bet Pete thinks they're not pure diamonds.... except for Steve's...
So he's spoken out before about suspect Diamonds, I'm assuming.
Fair enough, as there's alot of high yellow "Diamonds" running around of questionable purity.
It's understandable on the part of owners to think they have a pure Diamond, as they've usually got to trust the breeder or seller to some extent when buying.
It's a difficult one, particularly as even pure Diamonds have a wide variety of legitimate markings even within one clutch from the same parents.
I dare say that there's some intergrade influence in many so called "high yellow Diamonds". I've even read somewhere that some have mcdowelli in their bloodline.
Trouble is, telling real yellow Diamonds from "high yellow Diamonds", which are often impure it seems.
Someone should sit down and codify the legitmate markings & patterns of pure Diamonds so that the average punter can discern pure Diamonds from hybrids. Otherwise, with all due respect, (IMO) we'll end up with % crosses like the North Americans. At least in the U.S they're more open about the % of their Diamonds. i.e 75% , 88% etc.
It's a tricky one. Whilst we don't want to encourage hybridizing, does making it taboo make things worse :?: :?