Anyone know how to identifiy fake diamonds?

[Tab]

Some told me to put a black light near it and it'll glow. Is this true?

 

[wiredspider]

That doesn't sound right...

 

[wedi42]

send it to me, i can tell

 

[xEDIT409]

try smashing it with a hammer. If no breakage, then its good.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: johngute
send it to me, i can tell

Yea, c'mon can I get some decent input?

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Tabb
Some told me to put a black light near it and it'll glow. Is this true?

That's true for the Hope Diamond.

 

[Corporate Thug]

try to cut glass

 

[wedi42]

i have seen lots of diamonds, and can usually just tell by looking at them at 10x.
but, to be sure you need an electronic diamond tester.

if you have some details i may be able to help a little.
is it mounted or loose? and how big? how did you come across the stone?

 

[Brutuskend]

Take it to a jewler?

 

[wedi42]

Originally posted by: shady06
try to cut glass

that doesn't work. glass can also scratch glass.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: xEDIT409
try smashing it with a hammer. If no breakage, then its good.

If you hit a diamond with a hammer, it will break.

 

[DrPizza]

Maybe a quick test would be with its index of refraction?

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: shady06
try to cut glass

That would be true of Quartz, and virtually anything else with a hardness of around 5 or greater on that index (I forget what it's called).

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox

Originally posted by: xEDIT409
try smashing it with a hammer. If no breakage, then its good.

If you hit a diamond with a hammer, it will break.

Into a million pieces, lol.

I had a friend bet me about this and he lost, big time. He bet me it wouldn't and he hit it with a hammer, softly too, and it turned into powder. Glass is the next hardest material, try hitting that with a hammer and let me know how hard it is...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

After exposing them to lots of bright light and switching off the light, the fake one glow longer

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: johngute
i have seen lots of diamonds, and can usually just tell by looking at them at 10x.
but, to be sure you need an electronic diamond tester.

if you have some details i may be able to help a little.
is it mounted or loose? and how big? how did you come across the stone?

Mounted on some ring, or was atleast. About this big "O" at 1024x768. I could use my child's play microscope

 

[Brutuskend]

There are also levels of FAKE these days.

They have come up with process's that produce "Fake" diamonds that even De Beers have a hard time telling apart from "Real" ones.

Link

 

[TitanDiddly]

If the fake ones are so convincing.... why not use them?

 

[wedi42]

first clue is to see if the ring is real.
is the ring stamped "14k" or anything similar inside the band?

if the ring is a CZ it usually looks too perfect (if its new) or white (if its worn out)
if the ring is a diamond you should be able to see carbon deposits inside it. anywhere from the size of this period. to the size of a dot from a pencil. unless of course its a flawless diamond, which is highly unlikely, especially for that size.

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
If the fake ones are so convincing.... why not use them?

Women are more concerned about the value than the actual appearances. Damn them to hell.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: BillGates

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
If the fake ones are so convincing.... why not use them?

Women are more concerned about the value than the actual appearances. Damn them to hell.

Yes... but how many can tell?

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
There are also levels of FAKE these days.

They have come up with process's that produce "Fake" diamonds that even De Beers have a hard time telling apart from "Real" ones.

Link

Todays' new 'fake' diamonds have nothing fake about them other than they're made in a lab and not naturally. They're 100% diamonds and they can make them perfect. In fact, they've been purposely adding flaws to them to make them look even more like a naturally-found diamond.

Fvck Debeers, btw. I hope that company dies along with the diamond market before I get married.

 

[Joker81]

On an Evilness Scale.

DeBeers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft.

Monopoly Heaven

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox

Originally posted by: xEDIT409
try smashing it with a hammer. If no breakage, then its good.

If you hit a diamond with a hammer, it will break.

Into a million pieces, lol.

I had a friend bet me about this and he lost, big time. He bet me it wouldn't and he hit it with a hammer, softly too, and it turned into powder. Glass is the next hardest material, try hitting that with a hammer and let me know how hard it is...

Glass is not the next hardest material.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: 911paramedic

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox

Originally posted by: xEDIT409
try smashing it with a hammer. If no breakage, then its good.

If you hit a diamond with a hammer, it will break.

Into a million pieces, lol.

I had a friend bet me about this and he lost, big time. He bet me it wouldn't and he hit it with a hammer, softly too, and it turned into powder. Glass is the next hardest material, try hitting that with a hammer and let me know how hard it is...

Glass is not the next hardest material.

I believe that diamond is the hardest naturally occuring substance, correct? Along with borax?