Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:48AM
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That's easy to claim. Ever done a blind test?
Anyway, I imagine no jeweler when asked to clean a stone, is going to blurt out "That's not a diamond!" No positive customer reaction possible there.
Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper
by lightedman on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:11AM
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Rutile - http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0744/0957/articles/JC8_1d1c... highest RI out of pretty much anything. Insane fire.
Moissanite - https://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/albu/g9/M01/71/E4/rBVaVVy8... Higher RI than diamond but less than rutile. Still great fire.
Diamond - http://img.fruugo.com/product/1/70/74615701_max.jpg Pretty plain and dull. Hardly any prismatic/chromatic display. Even CZ has more 'fire' than this.
Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper
by nostrademons on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:21PM
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We did blind tests when we were shopping for rings. It was stupidly easy to tell - moissanite sparkles more. Didn't go the way the jeweler wanted, though - he only sold diamonds, but had a moissanite ring he was cleaning for a customer for comparison, and we liked the moissanite better.
>Moissanite has a higher refractive index and higher 'fire' than a diamond.
This makes the cachet that diamonds possess even more ridiculous. They're literally orders of magnitude more expensive, for something that's objectively worse in terms of the properties that actually matter for a gemstone.
Moissanite has a higher refractive index and higher 'fire' than a diamond. Any jeweler worth their salt should be able to discern between them with only a visual inspection.
https://i.imgur.com/Cm6gwyL.jpg - I design and make jewelry, from scratch, as a hobby. I can just look at a stone and tell you if CZ/Goshenite/Moissanite/Diamond/Glass. The differences in the stones when cut is quite apparent.