 09-09-2008, 8:58 AM
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Realmling
 
Joined on 05-08-2005
Out there...way out there
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Re: Diamond Real or Fake????
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Your best bet is probably going to be having it inspected and or appraised by a registered gemologist or other associated professional who's been trained in such matters. There are some other tests you can do on your own that may help also, but a second opinion never hurts.
There are multiple factors that go into determining if a stone is a real mined stone, a lab created stone (this will cost less, but are 99.9% identical in every way to an actual mined stone), to a fake/forgery. Generally how light reacts with the stone, weight, heat, even down to the quality of the setting if the stone is already in a piece of jewelry.
This article here should get you on the right track.
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