Many people, after buying jewelry with precious stones, turn to specialists to establish the authenticity of the product. If you wish, you can do it yourself, for many years many techniques have been developed that will help check the diamond at home. Such approaches do not guarantee an accurate result, but allow to determine what kind of stone in the frame is a high-quality diamond, ordinary quartz, cheap zircon or glass.
Several professional recommendations for the installation of the authenticity of the stone
The easiest way to evaluate a diamond without a rim, you do not even need special tools. To check the diamond, the quality of which turned out to be in doubt, it is enough for the professional to inspect the specimen:
- Take the stone and bring it to the source of bright light. While glass reflects the rays with the entire surface, the diamond seems to let the ray pass inside. In this case, the light either collects in the form of a small dot, or evenly distributed around the perimeter, highlighting the faces.
- The diamond is able to distort the rays passing through it, and this property can be used to establish the authenticity of the product. Take a sheet of paper with printed text, put it on a perfectly flat surface and put a diamond on top. If the letters through it are read without any problems, then this glass has nothing to do with the precious stones. Some glasses also increase the image, but this is also not an indicator of quality.
- If possible, it is recommended to compare the quality of the faces of the tested product with a real stone and ordinary glass. It is necessary to take a magnifying glass and determine which prototype is similar to the prototype on the texture of a test piece. Quartz is distinguished by the ideal smoothness of the surface, the purity and clarity of the faces. If the boundaries are blurred and covered with small scratches - this is glass.
The above methods will be of great help only after practicing these actions. If there is no time or opportunity to learn, you can resort to simpler, but no less informative ways.
Simple folk methods for checking diamonds
The options for verifying diamonds for authenticity are several dozen - from logical and quite effective to the most incredible. At home, you can limit yourself to the following:
- Lower the stone into the water. The ideal product will become invisible, but if there are scratches on it, they can be noticed even if the item is real. But this technique allows you to test the stone for the collection. This is when one product consists of real and fake parts, which is often used to increase its weight and volume.
- Take the prototype and scratch its surface with corundum. The real diamond will not react to this effect in any way and will not be covered with even the smallest trace.
- Contrary to popular belief, the diamond does not shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow and does not shine with all facets. The pure product shimmers in different shades of gray. True, in some cases, the authenticity of a product, but its quality, is not in question.
- By analogy with corundum it is allowed to use sandpaper. With its help we try to scratch the surface of the stone. It is important not to confuse the tool and not take a professional nazhdachku, which will erase and a real diamond.
- The easiest way is to breathe on the stone. A real jewel does not fog like a glass. The method is convenient because with its help the quality of the product can be checked not only at home, but also in a jewelry store.
Tip: The diamond is indeed distinguished by its high strength and resistance to external influences, but it is strictly forbidden to check its authenticity with a hammer. From such a severe impact, even the most durable and purest diamond will split.
- Another safe and fast method. Lubricate the stone with vegetable oil and apply to the glass. A real diamond will absorb the fat and easily adhere to the surface.
- Authenticity of the product will help to install the ultraviolet lamp. Under its ray, the real stone will turn bright blue and will spark much more than under the sun. The fake will cast a yellow-green light, reflecting only a single gleam.
- On a good stone, there can be no spraying from the metal from which its rim is made. For this reason, diamonds are often removed from their places, conducting a general evaluation of the products.
Applying the listed methods, it is worth remembering that today artificially grown diamonds are actively used. But they repeat the texture of the original with such precision that even experienced jewelers can not always determine where the stone that was taken from the ground, and where professional "fake".
