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For both individuals and dealers, it has become common practice to speak of "inclusions" when a stone with 100% transparency bears smaller minerals, fractures, or fluids that are visible to the eye. These should not always be viewed as a negative.

Located in the right place, they can actually not detract from the color of the stone. But they are evidence for the development of the stone, confirm that it naturally developed, and can frequently also prove the history of its development or its country of origin (e.g., with rubies and sapphires).

As an investment this is an important factor, because if a stone can be readily identified as natural by looking at its inclusions through a magnifying glass, then a well-versed professional has the ability to make an offer to buy it directly.

In post-war history it turned out that people engaged in bartering (food for stones) largely preferred smaller stones with inclusions over stones without inclusions, which could be presented to the trading partner as "glass."

For larger stones, on the other hand (investments), the presence of minimal inclusions is not negative, because a determination of their naturalness is "easier", even if it is not a trade for food, but rather serving as collateral or the like.

Recognized laboratories worldwide use inclusions as the first indicator in their analyses even today, and if none were present, then only a chemical analysis would really help.

Deutsches Edelsteinhaus DEH GmbH
Chief Executive Officers: Alexander Streeb, Oliver Kleimaier

Commercial Register Number: HRB 737047