Have you ever wondered that a loose diamond you bought wasn\u2019t real, or whether your diamond jewelry was genuine? If the stone came with a\u00a0certificate\u00a0from the GIA or AGS, you can rest assured that the diamond is real. However, if the diamond was a gift or an inheritance and you don\u2019t have the certificate,\u00a0you might be wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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If you have a stone you are in doubt about, here are 7 ways to check its authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Look the stone under the microscope. The genuine diamond will have some internal or external flaws, known as\u00a0inclusions. If it is a cubic zirconia or moissanite, it will have no internal flaws, and probably no external flaws either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Because real diamonds are natural rocks that were formed in the earth, while cubic zirconia and moissanite are grown in labs. They\u2019re not subject to all the environmental pressures that diamonds get while forming, so they don\u2019t have those telltale quirks that identify a real diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go to a relatively cool location, and blow\u00a0hot air on the stone. You\u2019re trying to surround the stone with warm moist air. Since a real diamond doesn\u2019t retain heat well, your breath won\u2019t create a fog on its surface.\u00a0But a piece of moissanite will get fogged up quickly, just like your mirror, sunglasses, or cell phone screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hold the stone under the UV light, and see if the color seems to change at all. If the stone emits a bluish glow, it is most likely a real diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Place the stone on top of the newspaper, and see if you can read the words on the page through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A real diamond of decent quality will refract light so intensely that you can\u2019t see through it. On the other hand, cubic zirconia is more transparent, and you\u2019ll be able to see right through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holding the loose stone with the tweezers, heat it up over the lighter or candle flame for about 30 \u2013 45 seconds. Then, drop it immediately into the icy water. A real loose diamond will not react to this extreme temperature change (they\u2019re made of extremely strong material). However, many fake diamonds \u2013 including those made of glass, cubic zirconia, or quartz \u2013 will break or shatter during this test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simply drop the loose stone into the water. Because loose diamonds are so dense, they should sink to the bottom when dropped in a glass of water. Many diamond fakes \u2013 glass and quartz included \u2013 will float or not sink as quickly because they\u2019re less dense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something that not too many people know about diamonds is that they resist electricity. Testing a loose stone for electric conductivity is especially helpful if you aren\u2019t sure whether your stone is a diamond or moissanite. Moissanite (if it is made well) can be extremely difficult to tell apart from a genuine diamond, having the same level of thermal conductivity. However, one relatively simple way to tell the difference is that moissanite will conduct electricity while a natural diamond will not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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With the rise of moissanite in today\u2019s diamond market, the majority of jewelers have an electricity testing tool on hand to determine the real from the lab-created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have a loose stone or piece of diamond jewelry and you are unsure about its authenticity, try some of these home tests. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you ever wondered that a loose diamond you bought wasn\u2019t real, or whether your diamond jewelry was genuine? If the stone came with a\u00a0certificate\u00a0from the GIA or AGS, you can rest assured that the diamond is real. However, if the diamond was a gift or an inheritance and you don\u2019t have the certificate,\u00a0you might … Continue reading 7 ways to spot fake diamonds<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[35],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11840,"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838\/revisions\/11840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewel-cafe.my\/blog-au2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}