Comments on: Natural Diamonds v.s. Man Made Diamonds? http://www.allmoissanite.com/moissanite/natural-diamonds-v-s-man-made-diamonds/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Don Simpson http://www.allmoissanite.com/moissanite/natural-diamonds-v-s-man-made-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Don Simpson Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:21:07 +0000 http://www.allmoissanite.com/moissanite/natural-diamonds-v-s-man-made-diamonds/#comment-801 Man made diamonds are called synthetic or artificial diamonds. They may lack some of the imperfections found in many natural diamonds, but have the same atomic structure. The only real difference between natural and synthetic diamonds is their history. Diamond testers (which is what those hand held things are called) do check the amount of heat conductivity as a test. See the URL below for some more information. Diamonds are a form of pure carbon, moissanite a form of silicon carbide (in other form used as abrasive material or for cutting tools), cubic zirconium is zirconium dioxide, zircon is zirconium silicate, sapphire is an aluminum oxide, quartz is silicon dioxide. Man made diamonds are called synthetic or artificial diamonds. They may lack some of the imperfections found in many natural diamonds, but have the same atomic structure. The only real difference between natural and synthetic diamonds is their history. Diamond testers (which is what those hand held things are called) do check the amount of heat conductivity as a test. See the URL below for some more information.

Diamonds are a form of pure carbon, moissanite a form of silicon carbide (in other form used as abrasive material or for cutting tools), cubic zirconium is zirconium dioxide, zircon is zirconium silicate, sapphire is an aluminum oxide, quartz is silicon dioxide.

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