Moissanite diamonds are taking the gem world by storm. Diamond
specialists pride themselves on offering the best to their
customers, selling diamonds that shine brilliantly and
beautifully, not only because of the professional reputation
they have worked so hard to foster, but also because they
respect and admire the medium with which they work.
So it might come as something of a surprise that many
professional gemmologists are now selling simulated diamonds
alongside the ‘real thing’. Have they somehow compromised their
principles? Or is it just that moissanite diamonds are simply
that beautiful?
Simulated diamonds have long been held in disfavor, because of
the assumption that simulation necessarily implies inferiority.
This has caused moissanite diamonds to be greeted sceptically,
and with no lack of foundation. Previously produced simulated
diamonds have included such alternatives as cut glass,
rhinestone and cubic zirconium, which might lay claim to a
certain attractiveness in their own right, but in no way
approaching the sublime beauty of a real diamond.
But the development of moissanite diamonds has shaken this old
foundation to the core. Those who have yet to be awed by the
physical presence of moissanite diamonds dismiss them
prematurely as being manmade, unlike real diamonds, which Mother
Earth has brewed in her belly for millennia. But this harsh
dismissal is to ignore the many wonders that man has created
throughout his evolution, from art and poetry to the scientific
wonders that can save lives.
Many of man’s finest creations have been born in the lab, and
moissanite diamonds are no exception. Even professional
gemmologists have been able to distinguish them from real
diamonds, and many of those who have deem their brilliance and
fire superior to that of a real diamond.
Simulated diamonds were previously only the domain of those who
were unable to afford the real thing, but now moissanite
diamonds can offer, and even surpass, the beauty of a real
diamond at a far lower price. Even the experts are impressed –
and you will be too.
Moissanite diamonds offer the beauty and fire of diamonds, but
without the price tag.
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