2006-12-04 07:13:31 · 10 answers · asked by tammie w 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
if it scratches glass then it is real, if the glass scrar\tches it, then you have a fake diamond.
2006-12-04 07:16:00 · answer #1 · answered by claire annette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fog test. It will work on any stone, no matter what the cut or setting. Where as the "scratch glass" or "read through it" tests can't be done once a diamond is in a setting. And different cuts can be read through, and other synthetics can scratch glass.
The fog test:
Hold it up to your mouth, and breath heavily on it. A real diamond disperses heat so quickly that by the time you take it away from your mouth, the stone is un-fogged. A fake stone will still be fogged up (cloudy looking) long enough to tell that you breathed on it.
2006-12-04 07:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by welches_grape_jelly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have some very realistic synthetic diamonds out there. That can fool the inexperienced. The best thing to do is to take it to a reputable jeweler. Dont rely on if it cuts glass or not!
2006-12-04 07:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by TARSHA 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A real diamond will cut glass.
Swipe the diamond across a mirror. (Preferably a cheap hand one and not the one in your bathroom).
2006-12-04 07:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can put it in water and shine a light fron directly above it, a diamond wont refract the light very far from the stone, a fake one can have the refracted rays pretty far away
2006-12-04 07:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by mickey g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black light. A diamond doesn't reflect a zircon or glass will.
2006-12-04 07:21:51 · answer #6 · answered by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to a good jeweler they have the needed eye equipment to tell
2006-12-04 07:17:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Run it over glass it will scratch the glass.
2006-12-04 07:28:12 · answer #8 · answered by opyankees_06 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puting it in cinamon oil is the easyest way to know if it is real or not. it will appear or not.
2006-12-04 07:18:14 · answer #9 · answered by buddyface15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to a jeweler and have them tell you..
2006-12-04 07:17:03 · answer #10 · answered by sarahsarah09 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋