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Synthetic Diamonds ~ Chagrinned When Jewelers Scof
by Robert Joseph
www.diamondnexuslabs.com
New synthetic diamonds are so closely resemble mined
diamonds that the naked eye cannot tell the difference,
often saving consumers enough money to make a down-payment
on a new home or buy a car. Unfounded diamond jeweler
arrogance, pretentiousness, and snootiness has gone too
far!
My girlfriend has been parading around town with a
magnificent 4-carat Round Brilliant cut synthetic diamond
set in a stunning 14K solid gold filigree solitaire ring
setting for a year now. She has been to restaurants,
work, shopping, night clubs, museums, and parties. Family
and friends have scrutinized her ring. She has been
stopped repeatedly by others who were dumbfounded by her
ring. Hundreds of people have seen her ring, astonished
by its majesty, gushing about it. And despite its
ostentatious size, no one has asked if it is a fake
diamond!
How could this be? The latest breakthrough science in lab-
created diamonds has brought them in line with mined
diamonds. Long gone is the aurora borealis or "disco
ball" effect that was seen in synthetic diamonds of the
past decades. New millennium synthetic diamonds~with
similar hardness, clarity, fire, and brilliance~are
indistinguishable with the naked eye and simply don't look
fake. High quality synthetic diamonds even have the
coveted hearts-and-arrows effect.
This begs the question: If one were to saunter into a
jewelry store with a synthetic diamond, can a jeweler tell
the difference? Since all mined diamonds have color
disparities (flaws), birthmarks (flaws), and inclusions
(flaws), and lab-created diamonds have none of the above,
a trained eye can tell the difference. A sneering glance
under a loupe or even under discriminating examination
with a magnifying glass, a jeweler will often proudly
declare a synthetic diamond as a fake. Modern synthetic
diamonds are too perfect in the world of jeweler snobbery
when pushing over-priced high profit diamonds is the
agenda at hand.
With the use of scientific testing equipment, mined
diamonds will conduct electricity and synthetic diamonds
will not. That is because mined diamonds are a carbon gem
material and synthetic diamonds are polycrystalline. A
thermal probe will produce different readings,
differentiating the two. But does this really matter to a
jewelry lover who is interested in aesthetic beauty and
saving thousands of dollars? In the year my girlfriend
has been showcasing her synthetic diamond on her finger;
no one has walked up to her with scientific equipment
asking to test her gemstone.
Why do virtually all brick-and-mortar jewelers carry only
mined diamonds? Why do jewelers scoff at synthetic
diamonds? You need to look no further than your wallet.
A 1-carat high quality mined diamond is about $3000, a 2-
carat about $18,000, a 3-carat about $40,000, and a 4-
carat goes for about $90,000. Respectively, synthetic
diamonds run about $79, $158, $237, and $326. It's about
the money. Don't kid yourself.
It's also about indoctrination. For over a century, the
diamond cartel has spent billions of dollars convincing
the public that jewel quality mined diamonds have
intrinsic value like gold. Not true. Why? During this
time DeBeers has limited production, bought up supplies
from others, stockpiled inventory, and imposed its
monopoly position on jewelry manufacturers in the
successful effort to keep prices inflated. And to make
matters worse, the diamond industry as a whole has a
checkered past with conflict stones, debt-slave child
labor in India used in cutting operations, and shady
techniques used to enhance perceived quality to further
squeeze out ridiculous prices from beleaguered jewelry
lovers.
Smart jewelry shoppers today are considering synthetic
diamonds as an alternative to mined diamonds for some very
savvy reasons: (1) They can acquire fine jewelry pieces
set in solid 14K gold. (2) They will save literally
thousands of dollars. (3) There is no need to buy
insurance. (4) When wearing their synthetic diamond
jewelry nobody will know that they are not mined diamonds
unless they tell them!
Robert Joseph is an expert jeweler and founding partner of
http://www.diamondnexuslabs.com
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