Quick tips to help you know a real diamond from a fake

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From the naked eye it can be difficult to tell the difference from a fake diamond and real diamonds. Here are a few helpful tips and test that you can use at home to determine if your diamond is real or fake, for best result use loose diamonds. The first test you can try is the water test. This test works best with loose diamonds. Fill a glass with water then drop you diamond in the water if it is real, it will sink straight to the bottom if it is fake it will float. The second test would be the breath test. Blow your breath across the flat surface of the diamond and cover the stone like fog on a mirror. Real diamonds immediately dispense heat and quickly clear up, fake diamonds will remain foggy. The last test would be the always dependable scratch test. The scratch test is very simple just scrape your diamond against a piece of glass since real diamonds are one of the hardest on the Mohs scale if the diamond is real, it should be intact but if it's fake it will break or chip. Some of the most common fake or simulated diamonds are of course cubic zirconia, white sapphire, colorless garnet and white topaz just to name a few. We hope you find some of these tests helpful. You can find all real certified diamonds at swagyourlifeaway.com

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