corundum, quality.10, gems

In this world, there's a nipple for every sucker. But why, oh why, does the gem business have to prove the truth of that axiom? This an industry that makes an awful lot of noise about integrity. We are the pompous and the proud, quick to declare that our word is our bond. And yet every now and again we are brought down by the few among us for whom greed is just the Hindenberg waiting for a match.