Russian Lab diamonds

roadrunner41559 · #1 May 6, 2007, 07:17 PM

Is it true its hard to tell a Russian Lab diamond from the real thing??

rawpotatoeater37 · May 13, 2007, 08:03 AM

By Russian Lab diamonds, do you mean the ones that are made "synthetically," but in the original, natural way (compressing an amount of carbon)?

I remember a while back on PBS, there was a NOVA episode where they talked about these synthetic, but real-looking diamonds (I don't remember if they were Russian).

Here's a site from the Russian labs themselves (although I guess it's hard to tell if it's just marketing or otherwise): Synthetic Diamonds, Diamond Synthetic, Cultivated Diamond,Simulated Diamond Jewelry and More

Here's a good consumer report magazine article:
Wired 11.09: The New Diamond Age

Good luck!



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