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"Every jeweler who has cleaned it has thought it was a diamond" Moissanite has a higher refractive index and higher 'fire' than a diamond. Any jeweler worth th

"Every jeweler who has cleaned it has thought it was a diamond" Moissanite has a higher refractive index and higher 'fire' than a diamond. Any jeweler worth their salt should be able to discern between them with only a visual inspection. https://i.imgur.com/Cm6gwyL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Cm6gwyL.jpg - I design and make jewelry, from scratch, as a hobby. I can just look at a stone and tell you if CZ/Goshenite/Moissanite/Diamond/Glass. The differences in the stones when cut is quite apparent.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
That's easy to claim. Ever done a blind test? Anyway, I imagine no jeweler when asked to clean a stone, is going to blurt out "That's not a diamond!" No positive customer reaction possible there.
- lightedman 7y ago
  Rutile - http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0744/0957/articles/JC8_1d1c80bf-4b36-4361-b379-c67b87929ca1_grande.PNG?v=1556195043 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0744/0957/articles/JC8_1d1c... highest RI out of pretty much anything. Insane fire. Moissanite - https://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/albu/g9/M01/71/E4/rBVaVVy8bpaAT6oMAAGhJOhOvjg431.jpg https://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/albu/g9/M01/71/E4/rBVaVVy8... Higher RI than diamond but less than rutile. Still great fire. Diamond - http://img.fruugo.com/product/1/70/74615701_max.jpg http://img.fruugo.com/product/1/70/74615701_max.jpg Pretty plain and dull. Hardly any prismatic/chromatic display. Even CZ has more 'fire' than this.
- nostrademons 7y ago
  We did blind tests when we were shopping for rings. It was stupidly easy to tell - moissanite sparkles more. Didn't go the way the jeweler wanted, though - he only sold diamonds, but had a moissanite ring he was cleaning for a customer for comparison, and we liked the moissanite better.
magduf 7y ago
>Moissanite has a higher refractive index and higher 'fire' than a diamond. This makes the cachet that diamonds possess even more ridiculous. They're literally orders of magnitude more expensive, for something that's objectively worse in terms of the properties that actually matter for a gemstone.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

That's easy to claim. Ever done a blind test? Anyway, I imagine no jeweler when asked to clean a stone, is going to blurt out "That's not a diamond!" No positive customer reaction possible there.

lightedman 7y ago
Rutile - http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0744/0957/articles/JC8_1d1c80bf-4b36-4361-b379-c67b87929ca1_grande.PNG?v=1556195043 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0744/0957/articles/JC8_1d1c... highest RI out of pretty much anything. Insane fire. Moissanite - https://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/albu/g9/M01/71/E4/rBVaVVy8bpaAT6oMAAGhJOhOvjg431.jpg https://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/albu/g9/M01/71/E4/rBVaVVy8... Higher RI than diamond but less than rutile. Still great fire. Diamond - http://img.fruugo.com/product/1/70/74615701_max.jpg http://img.fruugo.com/product/1/70/74615701_max.jpg Pretty plain and dull. Hardly any prismatic/chromatic display. Even CZ has more 'fire' than this.
nostrademons 7y ago
We did blind tests when we were shopping for rings. It was stupidly easy to tell - moissanite sparkles more. Didn't go the way the jeweler wanted, though - he only sold diamonds, but had a moissanite ring he was cleaning for a customer for comparison, and we liked the moissanite better.

magduf 7y ago

>Moissanite has a higher refractive index and higher 'fire' than a diamond. This makes the cachet that diamonds possess even more ridiculous. They're literally orders of magnitude more expensive, for something that's objectively worse in terms of the properties that actually matter for a gemstone.