balderdash@lemmy.zip to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoHonestly, fuck the diamond industrylemmy.zipimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up11.58Karrow-down117
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minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoMoissanite is chemically different to diamond (SiC vs C), has a different crystal structure, and is less hard. You can also get actual lab-grown diamond, but they are quite expensive. But you probabaly won’t be able to tell the difference anyway.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 year agoUsually you can tell the difference. Lab grown diamond is pure while rock grown diamond is imperfect. But you have to look at it under a magnifying glass to tell, and know what you’re looking for.
minus-squareImFresh3x@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s like 93% as hard but has better better optical properties which is what matters.
Moissanite is chemically different to diamond (SiC vs C), has a different crystal structure, and is less hard. You can also get actual lab-grown diamond, but they are quite expensive. But you probabaly won’t be able to tell the difference anyway.
Usually you can tell the difference. Lab grown diamond is pure while rock grown diamond is imperfect.
But you have to look at it under a magnifying glass to tell, and know what you’re looking for.
It’s like 93% as hard but has better better optical properties which is what matters.