Diamonds: Real Or Fake?
How do you tell if you have a treated diamond?
The way to tell if you have a treated diamond is by putting the diamond under a microscope. It depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking for a diamond that's been treated through laser drilling, by intensifying the magnification, you will be able to see the laser drill holes leading up to the inclusion that's been altered. In a fracture filled diamond, there are tell-tale signs of the fracture filling, such as orange or purple flashes of light in the area of the filling. But usually it takes a trained eye to be able to discern whether a diamond is treated or not.
If I can scratch glass with my stone, does that mean that I have a diamond?
Traditionally and in the old days you'd scratch a piece of glass with a stone, and if it did you thought it was a diamond. The fact is that there are other stones other than diamond that will scratch glass. You really can't tell for sure whether your diamond is a real diamond or not just by simply scratching glass.
How can I tell a diamond from a fake using a newspaper?
One way to tell if a diamond is a fake with using a newspaper, and again this is not a definitive test for whether a diamond is a fake or not, is to take a loose diamond table down, placing it over the small print of that newspaper. If you can read that print through the diamond then it is not a diamond.
What is the 'weight test' when judging if a diamond is genuine?
When judging whether a diamond is genuine or not using the weight test, one takes a diamond weighing scale, and places the diamond on that scale. If that stone that appears to be a one carat is heavier than a one carat by almost double, about eighty-five percent, then is not a diamond. The most commonly used simulate is cubic zirconium. and a cubic zirconium weighs about eighty-five per cent more than it's similar looking counterpart, a diamond.
What is the 'UV test' when judging if a diamond is genuine?
When judging whether a diamond is genuine, use the U.V. test. What you're looking at is, something that's based on the fact that a percentage of diamonds fluoresce under U.V. light. So if you take your diamond, the stone that you have, and you place it in a U.V. light unit, and it fluoresces, chances are, that is a diamond. The problem with that test is, a percentage of diamonds don't fluoresce at all. So no fluorescence doesn't necessarily mean that the stone you're looking at isn't a genuine diamond.
