Diamond appears to be made of glass in the eyes of fools ~ Amos Wong
Diamond Tests
Learn how to test a genuine diamond
Testing Genuine Diamond
If you have a diamond or at least you think it is a diamond and you want to test to see if it is genuine, there are three tests that you can do to find out. A person who has specific knowledge of diamonds can tell by looking at it if it is real or not. They can tell by the shine, straightness and flatness and also the way it controls light. But to the untrained eye it looks like a diamond but these days anyone can make anything look real to someone who doesn’t know any better.
The first test is an easy one, you can find out a diamonds authenticity is to have the stone come in contact with either warm and cold weather or surroundings. It can’t be warm and cold outside so the weather may not be a great idea for now, expose the stone to the freezer then remove from the cold and touch the stone to your lips, and then do the same with water surroundings like put the ring in front of the heater and then touch the stone with your lips.
A truly genuine diamond will adapt to its surroundings, meaning it you place your diamond in the freezer then it will be cold. Then there is the oldest trick in the book to determine whether you have a true diamond and that is your diamond can scratch glass. There is no other stone that can scratch glass.
If you have a diamond or at least you think it is a diamond and you want to test to see if it is genuine, there are three tests that you can do to find out. A person who has specific knowledge of diamonds can tell by looking at it if it is real or not. They can tell by the shine, straightness and flatness and also the way it controls light. But to the untrained eye it looks like a diamond but these days anyone can make anything look real to someone who doesn’t know any better.
The first test is an easy one, you can find out a diamonds authenticity is to have the stone come in contact with either warm and cold weather or surroundings. It can’t be warm and cold outside so the weather may not be a great idea for now, expose the stone to the freezer then remove from the cold and touch the stone to your lips, and then do the same with water surroundings like put the ring in front of the heater and then touch the stone with your lips.
A truly genuine diamond will adapt to its surroundings, meaning it you place your diamond in the freezer then it will be cold. Then there is the oldest trick in the book to determine whether you have a true diamond and that is your diamond can scratch glass. There is no other stone that can scratch glass.
