Posts Tagged ‘Zircon’
Do You Have - Dirty Diamonds?
Friday, November 10, 2006 15:53 No CommentsDIRTY DIAMONDS? Ohh-my…
Diamond Handbook: How To Look At Diamonds & Avoid Ripoffs (Newman Gem & Jewelry Series)
Price: $12.89
Most of the white colorless gemstones used over the past hundred years or so as Diamond Imitations or Simulants, were either Paste (Fancy name for glass) Spinels or White Sapphire (corundum) and occasionally Zircon (Not to be confused with Cubic Zirconia CZ’s which is quite modern).
When you first purchased your beautiful ring it glistened like diamond…
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Diamond Alternatives
Thursday, November 9, 2006 5:21 No CommentsSo what are the alternatives when we try to identify diamonds?
Properties of Natural and Synthetic Diamond
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Let’s forget all the possible choices we have in white clear gemstones for a moment, and simply bring it to the most probable.
These are:
- PASTE: (a fancy name for glass and very common in old Jewelry, especially brooches).
- WHITE SPINEL: A natural gemstone found in Jewelry made between the 1900’s and up to the 1970’s (roughly) but lacking the sparkle
