The most common diamond simulants are high-leaded glass and cubic zirconia, both artificial materials. A number of other artificial materials, such as strontium titanate and synthetic rutile have been developed since the mid 1950s, but these are no longer in common use. Introduced at the end of the 20th century, the lab grown product moissanite has gained popularity as an alternative to diamond. However, unlike CZ and other diamond simulants, Moissanite is a naturally occuring gem that is ultra rare to find as it comes from meteorites, therefore it is more likely to be considered a diamond alternative rather than a diamond simulant.
![]() An octahedral diamond crystal in matrix | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Category | Native Nonmetal, Mineral |
| Chemical formula | Carbon (C) |
| Identification | |
| Color | Most often colorless to yellow or brown. Rarely pink, orange, green, blue or gray. |
| Crystal habit | Octahedral, cubo-octahedral, spherical or cubic |
| Crystal system | Diamond cubic |
| Cleavage | Octahedral; perfect and easy |
| Fracture | Conchoidal |
| Mohs scale hardness | 10 |
| Streak | white |
| Diaphaneity | Clear to not |
| Specific gravity | 3.516-3.525 |
| Refractive index | 2.417 |
| Pleochroism | None |
| Fusibility | Burns above 700°C in air. |
| Solubility | Resistant to acids, but dissolves irreversibly in hot steel |
| Major varieties | |
| Ballas | Spherical, radial structure, cryptocrystalline, opaque black |
| Bort | Poorly formed, cryptocrystalline, shapeless, translucent |
| Carbonado | Massive, microcrystalline, opaque black |
Crystal Diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Crystal Diamond is also widely known as HPHT diamond or CVD diamond, HPHT and CVD being the production methods, high-pressure high-temperature synthesis and chemical vapor deposition, respectively.
Both CVD and HPHT diamonds can be cut into gems and various colors can be produced: clear white, yellow, brown, blue, green and orange. The appearance of synthetic gems on the market created major concerns in the diamond trading business, as a result of which special spectroscopic devices and techniques have been developed to distinguish synthetic and natural diamonds.
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| W.T. / pcs: 200 k | W.T. / CTN: 200 k | ||||
| Product Size(L*W*H): 8*8*6 (cm) | |||||
| CTN Size(L*W*H): 12*12*10 (cm) | |||||
| CBM / CTN: 0.00144 Cubic | |||||
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