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    Nov 11, 2009, 04:58 PM
    Is it or is it not a diamond?
    Was strolling outside and saw a shiny object in the soil. Bent down to find a earring,probably lost by the former tenants and it being a earring and looking like a diamond,how can I tell if it's the real thing? How about size and worth?
    Thank you!
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    Nov 11, 2009, 05:11 PM

    Ask the tenant. Did she leave a forwarding address? She might like it back.
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    Nov 11, 2009, 07:06 PM

    Some folks would say to rub it hard on a glass window, if its adiamond it will scratch the glass. While this is true it can also damage the doamond. Take it to a jewelry story for an appraisal.
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    Nov 28, 2009, 11:29 AM

    Take it to a jewelers. They can test and tell you if it's a diamond in within a minute or two.
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    Jul 30, 2010, 06:02 AM

    If it doesn't flouresce when exposed to long/shortwave ultraviolet light, it is not a diamond.
    Just because it does, doesn't mean it is.
    I have found CZ's to flouresce in orange, as do diamonds.
    The Tiffany diamond floureses in yellow, the Hope diamond a blue.
    I seen diamonds from a Old Spanish Galleon flourese in Green.
    Pawn Shop or Jewler can Test.
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