More About Diamonds and Diamond Jewelry!

14 Apr More About Diamonds and Diamond Jewelry!

Diamonds may be the birthstone for April, but that doesn’t mean you have to be born in April to wear diamond jewelry. Men and women love this stone for so many reasons. Most of all, of course, diamonds are treasured by brides-to-be. 

You can trust the jewelers at Barry’s Pawn Shop and Jewelry in Boca Raton, who have the expertise needed to determine the value and quality of the engagement rings we are selling as well as all other kinds of diamond jewelry we offer. 

Fabulous or Fake?

If you are in the market for diamond jewelry, you should know that lab-created diamonds are an excellent option.  

The first thing you need to understand is that lab-created diamonds are just as real as those mined from the earth. They have the same physical, chemical and optical properties as mined diamonds. Only deep laboratory tests can identify them.

Lab-created diamonds may even be preferrable to some people because they are sustainable, conflict-free diamonds. 

In other words, we rate lab-created diamonds as fabulous!

If you bought a stone pretending to be diamond, that’s another story. 

If you have concerns about the legitimacy of a diamond, The Diamond Pro suggests doing one of the following tests:

• “Draw a small dot with a pen on a white piece of paper. Place the stone on the dot with the flat side down. Look down onto the paper through the pointed end of the diamond. If you see a circular reflection inside the gemstone, the stone is fake,” they say. That’s because light won’t travel in a straight line through real diamonds, which refract the light

• You can also try holding a diamond under a lamp. If it is a real diamond, the light will reflect off it. “A real diamond reflects white light extremely well, providing brilliant sparkle,” The Diamond Pro says. “Diamonds also reflect colored light or fire.”

An even better way to ensure that you are buying real diamonds is to shop with a trusted seller for engagement rings and other diamond jewelry. Barry’s Pawn and Jewelry in Boca Raton is a family-owned business that has been serving the community and earning the trust of jewelry shoppers for three generations. If you have any questions, just call us.