Do you know the difference between diamonds and other precious stones?

azman (56)in #engineering • 6 years ago

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Today I will discuss the difference between diamonds with other precious stones, especially for young mothers who like high fashion. Because the price is relatively expensive and more expensive than gold or other gemstones, wearing Diamond jewelry will increase the confidence of a woman, because it will look more elegant compared to wearing gold jewelry in general.

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Diamonds are now in demand by all walks of life, especially among women officials, artists, entrepreneurs, and diamonds are also beginning to look as promising investment products other than gold.

For those of you who want to start investing and want to have this Diamond as jewelry, you have to be really careful and pay attention to a few things to know for certain whether Diamond is genuine or fake, so you avoid fraud when buying and selling diamonds.

For that, I will explain some guidelines in distinguishing either authentic or fake Diamonds and I also discuss the differences between diamonds, diamonds, precious stones and agate in general.

Do you know the difference between diamonds and other precious stones?
Diamonds actually belong to the class of precious stones or gemstones, but some mention that diamonds as raw materials are minerals of the finest type of minerals that are chemically shaped crystals, or allotropes of carbon.

Diamonds are one of the most valuable minerals that are chemically crystalline, or allotropic, from carbon. Diamonds have excellent physical properties, especially in its hardness and its ability to disperse very beautiful light.^{source}

We can see that what distinguishes diamonds from precious stones and other agate stones is the level of hardness on the Mohs scale. Diamonds have the hardest hardness among other precious stones with a 10 Mohs scale and have differences in the spreading of light.

You should also know the difference between real diamonds with artificial diamonds and the difference between diamonds with other precious stones that have exactly the same characteristics as the original diamonds, so if you do not know it will be difficult to distinguish the truth from the original diamond.

How to test authenticity of Diamonds
Because diamonds have expensive prices and are very hard to come by everyone, make sure you buy them in a trusted place and prioritize to see the certificate because a correct diamond purchase will still include the certificate even if it is not requested. In the certificate must also be equipped with a lot of information about your Diamond, such as heavy rust, measurement, proportion, level of brightness, color level, and cut level.

But the big problem is the falsification of certificates can be done, and for the layman, it will be difficult to tell the difference. It is therefore indispensable for an in-depth examination of Diamond to know some possibilities, like the original Diamond but the fake certificate, or the original certificate but the false Diamond, or both may be wrong.

Checking on Diamonds you can do in several ways, including:

Test the Diamond by heating it.
Diamond testing can be heated for 30 seconds. Then see what happens, the original diamond will not break or crack, ecause the tight and evenly crystalline structure of the Diamond causes it to quickly disperse the heat, so that the original Diamond will not heat up easily.
While fake diamonds made of glass or quartz will then crack instantly because of rapid development and contraction will cause the material will be weaker and cracked from the inside.
Test the Diamond by looking at its shadow.
Watchful with stones that glitter over diamonds, the original diamond shadows are usually a variation of the grayish color.
You can do it the following way :
Looking straight at him from above Diamonds.
If you see a rainbow reflection, you are dealing with low-quality or fake Diamonds, or you can also look at each side of Diamonds.
{source}_{The original diamond will show a dazzling glow from various sides, whereas fake diamonds are often designed to give only a sparkle on the top, not on the other side.}
Testing Diamonds using a dew test.
This is the easiest way you can do, this way you can do in testing the authenticity of diamonds while at home is to put a diamond in front of the mouth and then blow from mouth to diamond.
If the diamond is condensed it can be as if it is a fake diamond, while the original diamonds immediately disperse heat from your breath so it is not easy to condense.

Conclusion
Diamonds include a class of precious stones or gems, but some say that diamonds as their raw materials are minerals of the finest minerals that are chemical crystals, or allotropes of carbon.
We can see that what distinguishes diamonds from precious stones and other agate stones is the level of hardness on the Mohs scale.
Because diamonds are expensive and very hard to come by, make sure you buy them at a trusted place and see the certificates because the correct Diamond purchase will still include certificates even when not requested.

Reference

_{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond}
_{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_color}
_{http://www.crystalandglassbeads.com/blog/2012/diamonds-cubic-zirconia-swarovski-whats-the-difference.html}
_{https://www.diamond-heaven.co.uk/dh/blog/article/what-s-the-difference-between-diamonds-and-other-gemstones/133}
_{https://phys.org/news/2011-09-diamonds-depth-extent-earth-carbon.html}