What makes a leopoldi a black diamond variant?

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More money..... I call BS on varients... all rays are varients...


Thats what I've come to as well........, just about every ray is different.....
 
never seen 2 rays look alike but hell people are willing to pay for these varients
 
their are a few people who think a black diamond is a type all of its own

they have lots of little spots around the disk edge and also have spots on the underside of the disk normal leos dont normaly have spots on the underside

they are also much blacker and the spots much whiter than a normal leo

the way they change as they grow is also mad

hear is a picture of a black diamond i had then sold and a pic of how it turned out :D

for me they are the cream of the leos and would snap one up if i ever found one again if its a true back diamond so many people try to pass unuasally marked leos off as black diamond

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75% of my leo's having marking on the belly i personally think that is not an accurate way to judge a leo, I have been told a few of mine have black diamond marking but there not really 100% diamond. I would go with what david said rows of dots along the outer disk seems to be the best way to judge.
 
damn that was a beautiful ray T1
 
when i say spots on the underside i dont mean little spots like a henlei

i mean like this

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this is what i have seen on other leos

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