I read the article, the author provides no real proof of their claim. All of the prior things could have been sold as is, they just assume that people are melting it down because that’s what they would do.
Were talking about destroying something worth 100 Mil on the black market to get stones with no certificates of authenticity. Some of the bigger stone cuts themselves are unique, cataloged and easily identifiable. So they still have a huge risk unless they recut them into smaller stones. All for maybe a few million.
Its possible that’s what they are doing, it’s also completely possible they have a buyer.
I read the article, the author provides no real proof of their claim. All of the prior things could have been sold as is, they just assume that people are melting it down because that’s what they would do.
Were talking about destroying something worth 100 Mil on the black market to get stones with no certificates of authenticity. Some of the bigger stone cuts themselves are unique, cataloged and easily identifiable. So they still have a huge risk unless they recut them into smaller stones. All for maybe a few million.
Its possible that’s what they are doing, it’s also completely possible they have a buyer.
It’s weird that you read the article then contradicted something in it implicitly, without acknowledging it.
They don’t say it’s impossible though, as you imply. Only that it’s very unlikely. So yes, it’s completely possible they have a buyer.