Many people will have heard of someone who has mistaken a fake diamond for a real diamond. There have also been some articles published where after many years of marriage, the partner dies, then the widow or widower finds out the diamond they purchased all those years ago was a fake .
Real diamonds have been created naturally over millions of years. Carbon under extreme pressure over millions of years creates what we see today as the diamond we admire so much.Real diamonds are also unique, a bit like a finger print, they have imperfections, and when they are cut for your ring, bracelet, or other piece of jewellery, they acquire more uniqueness. The imperfections can be measured and recorded as a fingerprint for the diamond, a company called GemPrint was established to do just that, record a “gem print”.
Moving onto fake diamonds, typically these are crystals such as Moissanite. These “fake diamonds” will appear very pure, and it would be very easy for a diamond expert to tell the difference. However from a distance most people would not be able to see the difference, a bit like a fake handbag, you would not let anyone examine it closely to find out that you are passing off a fake as the real thing.
Then there are man-made diamonds. These are not fake diamonds, but equally they do not have the character of real diamonds. It is a bit like hand made chocolates or machine made chocolates … most of us prefer the luxury of hand made chocolates. The man-made diamonds tend to be perfect in structure, so whilst the real thing in terms of crystal structure, they simply do not have the character of a real diamond, a character that has evolved over millions of years.
