Is my diamond real it glows medium blue it scratches glass doesnt fog is it a true diamond?
It sounds about right. your diamond should be real. Also does it rank 10 on the moh’s scale? About a third of diamonds fluorescence, like the fluorescent minerals you have seen in natural history museums, or the novelty shop toys under the black (UV) light. The effect is like a white shirt in a discotheque. Fluorescence can be faint to very strong, and the most common fluorescent color is blue. As blue is the complimentary color to yellow, the most common tinted color in diamonds, blue fluorescence can make yellowish diamonds look white or colorless. A GIA survey found that fluorescent diamonds were favored over non fluoro stones, especially in lower colors, but even in the higher colors (D, E and F) which are usually discounted by the trade. Many years ago D-F colorless fluorescent diamonds were highly prized and referred to as “blue-white”. But sales people abused the term for any diamond with fluorescence; “blue-white” usage was outlawed by US trade practices laws. One “for” argumen
