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 Post subject: What is this $7499, 2ct lab grown (simulated) diamond???
PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:53 am 
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What really is this $7499, 2ct lab grown (simulated) diamond? :smt017

There is no dimension on this stone to guesstimate the SG. It is way too expensive for CZ, or even Moissanite.

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Would like to know which lab did it.

It is not so common to find a 2cts synthetic diamond D color and flawless. The price seems even to good to me for the stone if it's real.

BUT...

This statment is wrong and miss leading:"ùthese stones are lab grown and and the only difference is the price and their brilliance (sparkle) which actually outshines a diamond."

The synthetic diamond are exactely the same as the natural one in every way. So it can't have a better brillance if both synthetic and natural are cut and polished the same way.

This statment is even a jock:"This has been proven by having women choose from 10 stones which they preferred. The choice 80% of the time was the lab grown because of the brilliance." Hahaha that make me laugh so much!

This statment is missleading too:"Stunning natural diamonds of this quality cost $14000 and not everybody can afford such luxury." As a natural diamond 2cts D color perfect cut would cost, if you have a very good friend involve in the business aroud 80 to 100000$US. I would say that is is very rare to find a natural diamond of this quality. Just try to find one.

So here again the people are not telling the right things, I wonder why?

This would just make me think that those people are talking about something they are realy do not know. I mean Gemology and Science. I won't trust them at all.

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They do list it as a simulant as opposed to a synthetic diamond, so it is clearly not a lab diamond. I have sent them a question regarding the properties of the material they are selling, so we'll see what they say :roll:

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What really is this $7499, 2ct lab grown (simulated) diamond? :smt017

There is no dimension on this stone to guesstimate the SG. It is way too expensive for CZ, or even Moissanite.

Still, from the description, I'd guess it's Moissanite. The price listed means only that the seller is hoping to find a sucker.


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I smell a CZ sucker, as moissanite has a faint yellow body color.


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I won't gues it is a moissanite because of the strong birefringence and because the moissonite will still have a yellow tint (and usually with the classic inclusions in moissanite).
So even if the stone is perfectliy cut with the table perpendicular to C axis its not easy to get the H&A without seen some doubling.

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One could always make an offer for $2 for both of them.


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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
I smell a CZ sucker, as moissanite has a faint yellow body color.

I missed the "D" color, but then again, I don't think I'd trust that part of the description, either <g>. I was going by the "more brilliant than diamond."


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No response from the seller as of yet and I'd be surprised if I get one...

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I emailed them and asked..under my new ebay name 2009scambuster..probably won't reply to a 0 feedbacker though

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lol love the new name scambuster , they may not answer with a name like that :lol:


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If you can't afford 7 grand for the CZ- he has a couple Ginzu knives for sale :D

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Nicky Newark wrote:
If you can't afford 7 grand for the CZ- he has a couple Ginzu knives for sale :D

I see potential to one up him.

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1. HOW IS YOSHIBLADE DIFFERENT FROM REGULAR STEEL KNIVES?

YoshiBlade possesses a unique white blade that is made of zirconium oxide, the second hardest material known to man next to the diamond. The blade undergoes high-pressure molding before being fired, which takes several days of temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees. The finished ceramic is then ground and polished on a diamond wheel to form a sharp cutting edge and attached to the knife handle.


Get a Yoshi and get a "CZ" knife that will cut through a Ginzu and worth more than a diamond.


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