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Glass look as good for 99,9% less anyway
by uspmm 8y ago
Glass look as good for 99,9% less anyway
- exelius 8y agoFor real; my mother wears a glass replica of her real stone. What’s the point of owning the real thing at that point?
- jdietrich 8y agoGlass is a terrible diamond simulant. Even very specialised lead crystal glass has far lower refraction and dispersion than diamond, giving a dull gemstone with little fire. It's also far softer than diamond and quickly becomes dull and scratched with wear. Synthetic moissanite (silicon carbide) is optically superior to diamond at drastically lower cost. Even to an untrained eye, moissanite has visibly superior brightness and fire. Cubic zirconia is optically comparable to diamond and ludicrously cheap. Moissanite is only marginally softer than diamond and cubic zirconia is comparable in hardness to topaz, emerald and spinel.