New synthetic diamonds are so closely resemble mined diamonds that the
naked eye cannot tell the difference, often saving consumers enough
money to make a down-payment on a new home or buy a car. Unfounded
diamond jeweler arrogance, pretentiousness, and snootiness has gone
too far!
My girlfriend has been parading around town with a magnificent 4-carat
Round Brilliant cut synthetic diamond set in a stunning 14K solid gold
filigree solitaire ring setting for a year now. She has been to
restaurants, work, shopping, night clubs, museums, and parties. Family
and friends have scrutinized her ring. She has been stopped repeatedly
by others who were dumbfounded by her ring. Hundreds of people have
seen her ring, astonished by its majesty, gushing about it. And
despite its ostentatious size, no one has asked if it is a fake
diamond!
How could this be? The latest breakthrough science in lab-created
diamonds has brought them in line with mined diamonds. Long gone is
the aurora borealis or "disco ball" effect that was seen in synthetic
diamonds of the past decades. New millennium synthetic diamonds--with
similar hardness, clarity, fire, and brilliance--are indistinguishable
with the naked eye and simply don't look fake. High quality synthetic
diamonds even have the coveted hearts-and-arrows effect.
This begs the question: If one were to saunter into a jewelry store
with a synthetic diamond, can a jeweler tell the difference? Since all
mined diamonds have color disparities (flaws), birthmarks (flaws), and
inclusions (flaws), and lab-created diamonds have none of the above, a
trained eye can tell the difference. A sneering glance under a loupe
or even under discriminating examination with a magnifying glass, a
jeweler will often proudly declare a synthetic diamond as a fake.
Modern synthetic diamonds are too perfect in the world of jeweler
snobbery when pushing over-priced high
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