Blue Diamond Jewellery

Moissanite Diamond - Fake It Till You
Get It!!!

Where do you draw the line between
Moissanite Diamonds and the real thing?

What is the difference if there is one
and how do you differentiate between the
two?

Real diamonds are created deep in the
earth taking millions of years to form
under high pressure and temperature.

They large scale or commercial diamond
mining consumes a lot of human resource
and finance.

The rough diamonds obtained then have to
be sorted, cut and polished all very
specialized jobs.

Is the end result justified you may ask?

Diamonds are as old as mankind if not
older, they are mentioned in the Bible
and are a God given resource. Like most
other natural resources, they are rare
and finite more so diamonds. It takes
approximately 23 tons of blue ground to
yield 5 carats of rough diamond
material. That's a lot of work in
anyone's books.

If that is not enough, only 20%PRCTG% of any
diamonds recovered are gem quality,
while the remainder is suitable only for
industrial purposes. Industrial quality
diamonds are used in PC chip
manufacturing drill bits & saw blades
among other applications.

So why the history lesson? Just to show
that gem quality Diamonds are expensive
for a reason and not just because your
jeweler says so.

Okay so why even bother with Moissanite
Diamonds?

Well simply put, you save quite a bit of
money buying Moissanite Diamonds as
opposed to gem diamonds. Moissanite is
lab prepared and a 1 carat stone can be
made in 3 days as opposed to millions of
years. Moissanite has a hardness of 8.5
- 9.25 compared to 10 with real
diamonds.

It produces as much fire as a real
diamond when cut and you require a
special tester to differentiate between
Moissanite and real diamond.

So you are asking yourself if I can't
tell the difference between Moissanite &
real diamond, then my fianc? woun't
either. Why not save some money and go
for Moissanite.

I though of this too & nearly went for
it until I realized that there is the
small matter of insurance. If you don't
insure, your lady might decide to get
diamond insurance then you'll truly be
in the dog house as she'll learn its
Moissanite when its appraised!!

There are also die hard romantics who
think its unforgivable to propose to
your woman with anything less than a
real diamond ring; the bigger the
better! Anyone who does otherwise must
be cheap.

So what to do? Well fake it till you get
it!!!

If you are buying a moissanite ring for
yourself, don't think twice. Look for a
reliable Jeweler and go for it. If you
are getting one for your lady & wife to
be, bring it up in conversation way
before you intend to propose to her to
hear her views.

If she's not fussed, give her a big kiss
and start shopping for a really big
Moissanite ring.

At the end of the day, it comes down to
personal preference, your budget and
whether or not your partner knows her
Moissanite from her Diamonds!!

Do you know the difference between Moissanite and real
diamonds? You should!! It could mean the difference between
paying top dollar and making a Huge saving on your ring.

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