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 Post subject: Topaz-Moissanite Blend!!!???
PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:47 am 
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WHOA!!!

It's the Centaur of gemstones!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110051975069

Anyone heard of this? Love the GIA report "This is an example of what our stones grade by the GIA certificate not included"


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:33 pm 
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And the GIA cert is dated 1994! :lol: Looks like a cut-and-paste job to me 8)


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:10 pm 
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These stones are truly the best diamond stimulates around! You are bidding on a 4 carat round brilliant stone. This stone is 10.4 millimeters in diameter, truly beautiful sparkles with extereme fire and luster. These stones are very hard, they are as hard as a real diamond and harder than natural moissanite stones. These stones are a composite of (graphite = moissanite powder) white topaz powder fused together and grown in a Russian laboratory.

Well, that is a new one on me, and probably quite a shock to the GIA that in 1994 they graded this "moissanite blend" as an F, VS1 diamond.
I think someone should bring it to their attention....cough cough.
Who's going to drop a note to the GIA?


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Okay, I dropped the note. :D


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Wow,thats a beauty! Round Brilliant cut to,well done for letting GIA no hope they chase it up.

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I like how in the description they guarantee that the stone will never chip. Who can guarantee that any stone will never chip? That is crazy talk!

Thank you for posting that auction Ivt! What a weird find!


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My two favorite sentences from this "genius" were:

"These stones are very hard, they are as hard as a real diamond and harder than natural moissanite stones. These stones are a composite of (graphite = moissanite powder) white topaz powder fused together and grown in a Russian laboratory."


I didn't know that graphite equaled moissanite powder. And how does fusing topaz powder to moissanite (or is it graphite?) make it as hard as a diamond? I'm going to have to make some serious changes to GT Pro once I verify these amazing claims. 8)

My bet is they're nothing more than CZ and he's making a killing.

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