Is there a way to tell if a diamond is real or not without going to a jeweler?
by 
Norman_Outside the lines
ANSWERS: 6
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scratch it with a stainless steel razor. if it makes a crack or anything, it's fake.
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It is getting more and more difficult these days. Your best bet is a jewel appraiser. Cultured diamonds are "real" and pass all visual tests as "real", but are worth significantly less.
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I've heard if you run it along a piece of glass, a real diamond will leave a scratch.
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If you breathe on a real diamond it will not go misty. A fake one will.
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People keep coming up with these various test to distinguish real diamonds from simulants. I would not trust any of them. Some, as I wrote in comment on other answers around here, not only don't distinguish between real and fake, but they can actually damage the stone in the process of not telling you anything definitive. One of the things that I learned in my undergraduate gemology class is just how difficult it is to separate the real ones from the fakes. (We spent a significant amount of time on this in the lab for that class.) So, the only reliable way to tell the difference is to take the stone to a reputable jeweler and have him take a look at it.
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you all ignintly wrong foo's why dont you all just go to the corneran get one from a crack addicted blackmin. that is the sure way to ensure that stuff be real. man you best believe what that intelligent man be saying. DAMN FOOL
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