How to differ Diamond VS Cubic Zirconia (CZ)



Posted: Saturday, May 31, 2008

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Diamond is well-known for its sparkle and brilliance. Its hardness is 10. Because of its so hard, it's symbolizing the eternal love. Most of the people know, diamond is popularly use in jewelry , such as engagement ring and wedding jewelry . In another hand, diamond is also used for industrial purposes popularly for drilling and sawing, even though for some high technology use, diamond also use.

Most people, even trained gemologists, cannot tell the difference between diamond and cubic zirconia with naked eye. Moreover, to the untrained eye, CZ looks identical to a good quality diamond. However, under closer inspection, CZ appears to have slightly less brilliance (or sparkle) than a diamond.

So what are the key features to distinguish between diamond and CZ? So listen, in order to accurately different from the two gems, gemological equipment such as microscope, or loupe, must be used for testing and verification.

Cubic Zirconia vs. Diamonds

Cubic zirconias are more reflective than glass or crystal so they sparkle like diamond. A CZ is not as hard as a diamond but weighs more, a fact that does not lessen cubic zirconias appeal since traditional carat sizes are small enough that their weight isn't perceived as greater. The majority of diamonds have inclusions, or flaws. CZs are optically flawless and they are colorless, another characteristics that is found in few diamonds as most diamonds have some yellow shading to them.

As a matter of fact, jewelry making cubic zirconia is not so popular. If you go to buy diamond jewelry , you can ask the jewelry shop or online jewelry sellers to have a qualified certificate to certify the diamond jewelry that you want to buy is the real diamond. WWW.DiamondJewelrySelling.com provides real diamond with gold or white gold jewelry. All the jewelry must be attached the qualified certificate.
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