How Do You Tell Cultured Diamonds From Real?
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but not every girl can afford a big fancy colored diamond—or can they? “Cultured” diamonds have been on the market, and with vivid colors like yellow selling for about a third of their natural counterparts, most every woman can own a canary or fancy pink diamond. If you are buying a fancy colored diamond, or any diamond, it can be difficult to tell a cultured diamond from a mined one. These man-made diamonds are diamonds, but for their point of origin. They offer identical hardness, fire, sparkle and luster compared to real diamonds, but they can be detected from mined diamonds. Step 1 Use a reputable jeweler who deals with reliable sources and keeps track of his suppliers. These jewelers are not willing to ruin their reputation in order to make a little money selling a man-made diamond in place of a real one. Step 2 Look on the culet, or side edge, of the diamond, which can be seen with a jeweler’s 10x loupe. The two largest man-made diamond manufa
