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roadrunner41559
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 (http://www.russianbrilliants.net/introduction.html)

Here's a good consumer report magazine article:
Wired 11.09: The New Diamond Age (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html)


Good luck!