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Chances are
if you are buying a diamond ring for someone
you want your diamond to be special
durable
and most of all
authentic. With all of the imitation diamond jewelry on the market today
it is wise to know a few helpful hints on how to determine a real diamond from a fake.

Learn the tools of the trade and gather a few of these easy tricks up your sleeve. It is time to put your diamond to the test.


1. Real Diamonds are flawed; fakes are not.

While some might think that the goal in purchasing the perfect diamond is to find one that is virtually flawless—that is not always the case. Carefully crafted Cubic Zirconia sports absolutely no imperfections
making it easy to label as fake. Real
pure diamonds contain tiny ‘flaws’ which oftentimes creates a brilliance that cannot be seen in fakes.


2. Look inside your Diamond.

Much like looking inside a crystal ball
looking inside your diamond will reveal the truth about its true components and its authenticity. The key is: Real diamonds always have something inside. If you look into your diamond with a 1200x microscope
you should be able to see tiny inclusions within the stones infrastructure. If you hold the diamond in front of your eye and look through its side
you should not be able to see through it
nor should it look to be one clear
unified color. If the stone exerts zero degrees of brilliance
and if you can see through it from the side
then it is definitely fake.


3. Look at the Setting & Mount.

Since stones made up of imitation substances such as Cubic Zirconia and Moissanite are so much cheaper than diamonds
they are usually set in less expensive metals. Chances are
a fake diamond would not be set in real gold.


4. Check the Wear and Tear of the Stone.

Real diamonds have remarkable durability and a hardened sharpness that is strong enough to scratch glass. If there or any scratches or nicks on the surface of your Diamond
or if you can make them
then your diamond is not real.


Simple Two-Minute Tests


1. The Reading Test.

If your diamond is not mounted
set it on a newspaper. If you can see through it at all
even if you just see distorted black smudges instead of clearly-marked letters
than your diamond is a fake. Real diamonds have so many intricacies in their infrastructure that it is impossible for light to pass all the way through them without being first refracted.


2. The Sandpaper Test.

Diamonds are the hardest known substance. That being said
it is impossible for real diamond jewelry to be scratched. Using either wet or dry sandpaper
test your diamond by scratching it vigorously on the brittle surface of the paper. If it becomes nicked
it is surely a fake.


3. The Sparkle Test.

View your diamond from the top
then from the side. Compare the shiny
reflective qualities that you may have noticed when looking down onto the face of your diamond
with the way your diamond shines and reflects when being viewed at a side angle. Imitation diamonds are purposely crafted to look like real diamonds from a birds-eye-view
but are less commonly apt to carry those same characteristics throughout the rest of the stone.