@@jewelryinsider What else other than the looks matter? Afaik jewelry is all about looks isn't it? Of course a high hardness is important for it to last, but as far as the hardness is 8 or above it's not a problem unless you plan on beating your gems with hard stuff lol. Going for diamonds over moissanite for me is a nobrainer, they are just better and 10 times cheaper. Diamonds are just expensive because they are popularly known as the best gemstone but that's just a lie. They are just special in terms of hardness.
@@DeMooniC a lot of people buy jewellery as way of investing their money. It's considered a better alternative to saving your money in say a savings account as precious metals and gems don't tend to depriciate in value as a consequence of inflation. Looks matter for most, but not for all.
People who are wise say this bro there is literally no physical difference only some wee poor guy in some fucked up country is in the mud somewhere digging like a mad man trying to find a little diamond, diamonds are made up of carbon that is compressed with loads of heat that obviously happens in the ground naturally but also the same process happens in a lab so ? It’s like saying a baby isn’t a real baby because it was conceived through ivf , be wise with your dough brother 🖕🏻
Moissanite Gang! 💯 If I want to invest in jewelry, I would buy gold. Try taking your Diamond 💍 and see what the jeweler would buy it for. It’s like a car, Diamond drops value soon as the exchange happens and you won’t get that 💰 back. Gold chains hold value. Gold to hold, Moissanite for show.
Moisssanite is only a .5 difference on hardness diamond being 10 and moisssanite being 9.5. Moisssanite actually has more fire and brilliance than a diamond.
Thank you for your input! Most Gemologists agree on 9.25 for it's hardness but Mohs scale of hardness is flawed anyway so that's not very important. Thanks for commenting
I own genuine diamond jewerly as well as moissanite jewerly much of which is in a pave style setting. My favorite ring is my diamond cluster ring so I went and bought a moissanite cluster ring to match it and like 2 pendants due to all the hype around moissanite I've been reading about. I can def. See why a lot of people like it. It has a lot more fire and is very bright. Me personally tho i don't prefer too much fire. Also the way they interact with light is slightly different. I love the way my diamonds seem to flicker crisp and effortlessly with bold and quick flashes of white light. Moissanite to me isn't as crisp and doesn't have that "twinkle" effect I love. They seem to me more "blurry" with a lot of rainbow sparkle and with less depth and crispness. Idk kinda hard to explain unless you have them in person side by side. I will say moissanite is super freakin bright when the light hits the surface at the right angles. But then again they aren't suppose to look like diamonds the way cz is made to look like a diamonds. They are their own gemstone. And tho CZ replicates the way diamonds interact with light more so then moissy does, they are much more dull and and the extreme external rainbow light gives them away as being fake. Moissy has a lot of rainbow sparkle but it seems to be more internal if that Makes sense. But regardless they both do what the other can't it's all about preference. CZ is out the picture for me. I won't waste a dime on it. But I won't hate on the next man for wearing it. Not everyone has hundreds or thousands to splurge on stones that don't really hold their value unless they are at a certain karat weight/cut/clarity or made by Tiffany ect. So ya I prefer diamonds over any other stone but I still and will still rock moissanite cause it looks real nice and unique. But for me nothing beats or can replicate the way a well cut diamond interacts with light. And moiss Def. Does Interacts with light differently. So don't go buying moissy expecting it to perform the same way diamonds do because you'll be a bit dissapointed. Anyways sorry for the long ass comment I'm out lol.
@user-td9by8kn2q ya bro I just posted a short of this pendant I recently got thats flooded with really well cut SI diamonds. You can see how effortlessly the stones light up refracting white light all together in a on/off cluster effect. This a quality I love and it's unique to well cut diamonds. Moissanite has a whole lot of of fire within the stone and I know a lot of people prefer that so it's all about preference. But to me it's makes them look more "fuzzy" when I compare them to my diamond pieces. They aren't as crisp in the way they refract white light. And it's true they do have a lot more scattered sparkles of fire but I'm all about the bold and crisp white flashes diamonds produce at every angle. You can get that white light refraction from moissanite but it has to Be at more specific angles and they don't have that flickering effect the way diamonds do... But just because I prefer the way diamonds perform doesn't make them any more or less better. They both do different things when they interact with lights so it's all about what what you want to get out of a stone.
@@kingrob9993 I appreciate your long comments. You actually seem to be one of the few diamond preferring individuals who knows what they're talking about and prefers diamonds for a completely understandable and legit reason as opposed to so many diamond preferring people who don't know the first thing about either gem, could never tell them apart, and whom vehemently prefers diamonds simply because they're a hollow, materialistic, money obsessed member of the working poor who fronts their "wealth" and tries to make themselves seem wealthier than they actually are because they lost the plot and picture of what's really important in life sometime during their emotionally distressing childhood and now tie their self-worth and value as a person entirely to how much money they have or can get because society has made it such that it's a convenient alternative to finding true happiness and value in love and human connection because money can buy the sort of fake inner peace that comes from overcoming financial adversity, and that's enough for a good many people to be able to lie to themselves and pretend as though that's the same thing as the true inner peace we all seek as human beings that can ONLY be found within the immaterial je ne sais quoi that makes us human.
Your sure Wright even lab grown diamonds are exciting to own because they are quite cheap and affordable for the customers that can't afford the natural ones but get the exact same deal without breaking the bank,Lab diamond earrings are worth it because they can be easy to loose and if it happens it won't hurt so much but still you get attached to them because they sparkle really really nice. Lovem Lovem Lovem. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
@@tigeto2733 makes sense, lab diamond is almost the same price that this point, if it ever gets to the same do you think you would like lab diamond more?
I love moissanite. Definitely my favourite gemstone. I'm biased because my engagement ring is a moissanite and i am obsessed with it's rainbow sparkle and steely grey undertones. My fiancee (we're both women) chose a garnet for her engagement ring because it's her favourite stone and the dark brown red maroon of the garnet looks perfect on her more olive skin s tone. Definitely do like diamonds but i would never want to part with that much money for jewelry. Even my moissanite engagement ring was second hand. A 1ct forever brilliant charles and colvard solitaire in 18ct gold for £120 and a year in it still looks perfect. The setting is super durable and well made and the stone is stunning to me. But i knew I wanted a non diamond engagement ring so it was choosing between a moissanite and a pink sapphire. Non diamond rings are really common in the UK. I think more common than in the US.
There are a TON of diamonds in the ground, just most of them aren't high enough quality for jewelry. But yeah, definitely not as rare as most of the industry suggests :)
Moissanite: create in lab, ingredients: some chemical, so its cheap Natural Diamond: create in nature, ingredients: poor black people, munitions, blood, black dollar. So it's expensive
"Moissanite is less durable" Man, we talking about 9.25 mohs hardness vs 10 mohs hardness, the difference is negligible, they are pretty much as durable. So, since Moissanites are just brighter and sparklier... AND FREAKING 10 TIMES CHEAPER!!! They are clearly better. Plus natural Moissanite (not lab crated) is actually a good amount rarer than diamonds Why would I pay 10 times more for a duller gem that's just a tiny bit harder? Diamonds are a scam. Diamonds are just expensive because they are diamonds, they are the popular very hard and expensive gemstone everyone knows. They are not unique nor the best. Diamonds are just for those rich guys that like to brag about having diamonds lmao
Natural moissanite is impossible to find in gem quality, it doesn't exist. All gem quality moissanite is man made. Also yes, hardness is very close between the two, but moissanites toughness is significantly lower so it is much more prone to chipping and breaking. Scratching isn't the only thing that dictates durability. But I appreciate your comment, you do bring up some good points!
"Diamonds are only expensive because they are Diamonds" Karat Rating: Am I a Joke to You? (Speaking of, there are many stones more rare and expensive than Diamond, such as Tanzanite, Alexandrite, Paraíba Tourmaline, Painite, Kiawthuite and etc.)
The difference isn’t negligible. Yes it’s second place but that .75 the Diamond is much much much much harder than Moissanite. Lots of Moissanite misinformation, not at all the same look as diamonds. It’s all subjective, I personally stick with my diamonds
To say cubic zirconia isn’t very sparkly is ridiculous. It has a slightly lower refractive index and a slightly higher dispersion than diamond. Without a loupe, and especially from a distance of a few feet, a precision-cut high grade CZ can fool many jewelers. I would pick a diamond or moissanite over CZ any time for an item you wear daily, but it’s a great choice for evening and cocktail jewelry, or for trying out styles you’re not ready to invest in yet.
To say that CZ will fool jewelers is not true. I can spot a cz from across a room. and up close they have very high read-through which makes them seem less sparkly even though yes, on paper, they should be close.
@@jewelryinsider Thank you for responding. My main point is that cubic zirconia is very sparkly in the world of gemstones. There’s only a few stones I would consider more sparkly: rutile, strontium titanate, moissanite, and diamond. Even semiprecious gems like demantoid garnet and zircon that are known for being sparkly pale in comparison to cubic zirconia in terms of sparkle. Telling consumers that it isn’t very sparkly is misleading. It is very sparkly by any metric. And when I say it will fool many jewelers, I mean many of the sales associates you’d interact with at stores ranging from Kay to Tiffany & Co. I don’t meant the graduate gemologist they have in the back or at headquarters who spends all day grading diamonds. The CZs I’m talking about are top quality rough that’s heat treated to warm up the stone and then hand cut by a lapidary the way a diamond would be, and then mounted in jewelry, and viewed from several feet away. Not a loose commercial grade CZ popped out of an earring from Claire’s that’s being examined in hand. Of course, you’re correct that certain cuts, and certainly sizes above a carat or two will show much more glassy windowing when viewed from an angle if mounted, and any CZ will window when flipped upside down if unmounted.
@@mikeg8276 I agree with your points there, and I appreciate the thorough response. I guess you're right, but this video was mostly for people comparing these exact stones for engagement rings. Durability is definitely the biggest downside which is why I don't like selling them. The best comparison is to compare them in person and let the consumer decide but that's a bit hard to get across in a video
CZ has come so far! People don’t realize a high quality CZ can be as hard as an 8 or 9 on the mohs scale which is harder than most other natural gemstones. They are lab created gemstones NOT glass or plastic. High quality CZ I believe look more like diamonds. Moissanite are beautiful but def have their own look much warmer and more rainbowy in the light. I’m not a jeweler lol just my opinion seeing all stones in person and my in depth google “ research “
CZs actually have pretty good sparkle but I bought a pair of earrings from some jewelry shop in the hallway of the Lubbock South Plains Mall called the Gold Lodge and as they lured me in they showed me a pair of earrings with a dull look to them so since I had money to splurge I went ahead and bought them so they wouldn't feel bad and for $50 I kept them and when I admire my $600 dollar lab grown diamond 0.50 earrings I just can't help but stare at the $50 ones upset from seeing them just wanting to sparkle but they look dull.Dang,they think they can they think they can they think they can.😅😅🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂
even if they are scarce it makes no sense for every single person around the world to use them as rings. People are not allowed to have different likes they are programmed to know what they should like in today's society.
You don’t know what you’re talking about… Both CZ and Moissanite have a higher refractive index than diamond. This means they will bend light more than diamond. Given the proper gem geometry, both will be more “sparkly” than diamond. The geometry has to be optimized for the refractive index of the stone. If you cut a CZ or Moissanite with the same geometry as a diamond, of course they will be less sparkly. However, if you take into account the refractive indices of both the stimulants, they will outperform the diamond via the fundamental laws of physics alone…
Natural Diamonds (carbon) are plentiful on earth. They are not rare. Still LAB grown diamonds are costly and expensive. Where as, natural Moissanite (silicon carbide) is much much rarer than diamond. Still lab grown Moissanites are cheaper. Why is this? 🤔 Plus, Moissanite's characteristics are also way better than a diamond. So why it's cheap in market??
Diamond has a higher perceived value and prestige due marketing and historic demand. The cost of lab diamond has fallen a lot though and will probably continue to. Honestly though, if the price was too low I bet a lot people wouldn't want diamonds and would go for a more expensive stone.
Moissanite has a better look. And lab grown diamonds are just as strong and long lasting as a regular diamond. And I've seen real natural diamonds get sold back to jewelers. Most will get nothing back. Unless you have the correct cuts and correct carat number. If your girlfriend, fiance, or wife loses your moissanite or lab grown diamond ring. You didn't lose much. Also, for all the guys who break off an engagement or vice versa, and the lady throws away the ring, well you didn't lose much. At the end of the day they save you money. Cubic zirconia: for those who really want to be cheap.
People keep going about how diamond is harder than moissanite but let me remind you guys we dare to buy pearls necklace for hundred of thousands dollars and a mere drop of vinegar can disintegrate that pearls. So yeah, buy that moissanite or CZ. Save money.
Yeah, right, try to get a loose diamond.That's 8 carrots for a 150 bucks like you can with moissanite with GRA Certificate Maybe a small diamond could be possibly be similar in price, but not with the same clarity or the color. Or quality moissanite is always vvs are flawless with little to know color And i've went to several high end jewelry shops in my area who use pretty high end diamond testers with moissanite as an option and my jewelry has came out diamond tested each times
@@Sonny_K_Bruno the cheap testers just test heat dispersion, moissanite and diamond have similar heat dispersion, higher end testers can tell the difference every time. Yeah moissanite is a lot cheaper though, it's also weaker and retains zero value. Ikea furniture is cheaper than high end furniture too, would fool those who don't know it, that doesn't make it "better"
Naturals are top one cuz Future, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne and other rappers have the top #1 iced out jewelry in the world. My thing is that people are selling moissanite jewelry since they’re more affordable than natural diamond and maybe for lab created diamond I rather go lab than moissanite, so people can make those as iced out but might be expensive as like natural diamonds 💎 are.
Moissanite is a natural stone and can be lab made just like diamond. Also moissanite shines more and is only slightly softer but not so soft that you will ever damage it in its setting. Please spread proper information
None of the moissanite used in jewelry is natural. Every single one is lab-grown. The natural occurring moissanite stones are of low quality, very small, and unsuitable for jewelry. Also, I have sold hundreds of moissanites over the years, and many have come back damaged, so saying that "you won't ever damage it" is just blatantly false. Even diamonds can be damaged (though much less often compared to moissanite) nothing is indestructible. I do this for a living and am a Graduate Gemologist, this is proper information but I appreciate your comment :)
That little bit of silica in the molecular structure doesn’t veer off much from a diamond. Don’t hate on moissanite if anything they are more complex than diamonds for the silica rather than pure carbon
Great question! Natural diamonds tend to have trace elements like nitrogen imbedded in their crystal lattice. This can cause fluorescence which means it flows under UV light. Often times this glow is much too dim to be able to see with your naked eye so by putting it an a very dark environment and taking a photo you can get a more accurate view
Natural of course is the part on how it’s made naturally vs lab but I know it’s practical to get lab but I still prefer the real natural ones nothing beats that at-least for my taste
Luxury is a state of mind. Luxury drains your wallet, however that GIA Certification number engraved on a natural diamond, brings more resale value. Natural diamonds will lose 25-30% of their original value and lab grown diamonds will lose 90-95%. Jewelers mark up natural diamonds a lot less than lab diamonds, because natural diamonds are so expensive to begin with. If a jeweler could mark up a $10,000 one ct natural diamond 60-70%, like the can on lab diamonds…they would. Lab diamonds are being produced and sold faster than ever and in ten years their value will be pennies on the dollar.
@@jewelryinsider That's interesting to hear. You'd expect diamond to be more prone to chipping because it has more cleavage planes. Maybe it is because people get bigger moissanites than diamonds?
Well most of Man apparently can’t afford real diamonds I have seen lots of complaints about (gold diggers woman etc) 💍 well it’s ok 😢🥺😅 what matters is the intention 🙏🏽😍 but it would be nice at least to have one real diamond 💎 from thousands of years… a little one would be nice to have in the marriage bc we never know is a good investment too if the family needs it too. But I wish I could have one someday ✨😍🙏🏽
in what way does it shine more? there are a few different aspects of "shine" that are complicated. Diamonds have more brilliance (bright white light reflection). In contrast, moissanite has more fire (spectral colors due to dispersion) and a similar amount of scintillation (white flashing strobe effect as it is rocked). it could also be that your diamond is dirty, they tend to attract grease easily.
all moissanite used for jewelry purposes is made in a lab. Naturally occurring moissanite is tiny, low quality, and not very pretty. If you want to read more about it, here is an article that GIA put out. www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2014-gemnews-moissanite-crystals-israel
Not true, we can look at inclusions in diamonds that may be radioactive. Analyses of rhenium-osmium isotopes in sulfide inclusions have proven to be the most accurate way to date diamonds
@Joy21090 well... it's a bad habit really. 1st was a 1/3 ct solitaire marquee cut when I was just 18 years old and only about $900 back in 1996. The was an upgrade when I made more $$ to a 3 stone platinum 1ct total. Then at an antique store she loved an art deco plat old mine cut .5ct, so Christmas I got it. Then she found one just like it in white gold, I got it. Then she found a .81ct flawless solitaire old mine cut in platinum with an inscription inside the matching band and ring that was dated 1949, so I bought it. And there's been more. Her latest is a JR Woods 1890s 3ct old mine cut in the center of a flower with gold pedals. It's really a nice 14k ring that was only $350, plus 10% off. She has traded in 2 or 3 over the years (sadly the original very 1st one is gone 😔) but I've found something she loves to buy and it's like putting our money in the bank! Antique and vintage jewelry! She pays maybe 3%-5% over gold spot price, gets to wear them whenever, and keeps growing the value until we die and the kids get them, along with the house and everything else. Girls should indulge in antique vintage jewelry, it's very affordable, very unique and not like today's stuff. Plus it's like putting money in the bank, and you all look beautiful wearing the stuff! So while she has more than a few diamond wedding sets, currently only 1 was purchased brand new. But all her diamonds are natural and old style cuts, near flawless (all of them), in gold and old, purchased cheap! But today's girls are getting 2ct lab made flawless ones that suddenly make her .81ct look small. So undoubtedly I'll have to buy her a 2ct lab made diamond just so I don't feel cheap. It kills me that the flawless .81ct (just cause I love her) set was $1,200 used that I got her, and a 20 year old guy can buy his bride a 2ct lab made for the same price 😔 I can't compete with buying natural diamonds (like she swears to love) vs the other girls lab created diamonds that are bigger, cleaner, and much less expensive. It's a pickle. But I suppose I'll get her just 1 so she too can say "oh it's a 2 ct". And honestly, it's my pride and love for her that makes me want to give her far more than I can or that she needs. She's quite humble. But she talks a lot about what grandkids or daughter in laws are getting what onday. It's truly money in the bank. My dad did the same, only gold was $400 an ozt when he was doing so. By the time his kids were grown, gold was near $2,000 an ozt. He was able to cash out and buy a modest home down in North Carolina with cash from selling their gold collection alone. Mom and Dad still live there happy as lambs. I plan to copy what they've done in life. And my wife likes the idea too. 😎
@Joy21090 lol, not really how it happened 😎 We started an idea when we were young. That is, we buy used Antique and 50year+ vintage gold and platinum jewelry whenever we find it. And this way, we are putting our money in the bank (in metals really) that we will always have and that she can wear anytime. We usually pay 100%-105% of melt price at antique shops or auctions. Then, take them to the jeweler to get inspected, fixed, or cleaned up and sized. And now, since 1996, she's acquired many, many items of gold, plat, even silver jewelry, lots of diamonds, and gems too. She can cash them out anytime she needs to if something happens to me or her. Just our way of saving up money and keeping her looking as beautiful as she can be. When you buy 2-3 gold rings or necklaces a month for almost 20 years, it adds up fast! The big diamond rings are her favorite, but she had lots of other stuff too. I keep trying to have her make a youtube video of her collection, but shes paranoid she will get robbed 😆🤣. Diamond rings for the 1800s are truly a sight to see! And she has an Art Deco fetish, especially if it's old mine cut, or old european cut in platinum. And I love spoiling her. I'm saving my money in a way (just in a metal form now) I feel proud I can give her so much. And she looks beautiful in all of the items she wear! It's a win, win, win! But now I feel shame because I have to compete (or feel like I do) with the 2ct lab made diamonds all the girls are wearing today 😔 My wife's biggest is a .95 but it's a natural and flawless in platinum. Girls she works with have 1.5ct flawless in 10k gold or silver. Theirs look better and are far cheaper and easier to get. So I'm gonna feel pressure to pay for a lab made diamond real soon I think. Even though I think it's a waste of money that depreciates with every new batch they make. It's just less special than the earth growing it for billions of years. Now, they can literally make a billion diamonds in 1 year.
To me, CZ is perfect to match with paleish pastel colors, while moissanite is perfect for barbie doll princess vibrance. For a pink leather bracelet I'd wear in the summertime? I'd use CZ. For a watch bezel to be matched with other gemstones like ruby? I'd choose moissanite.
Yeah but moissanite is forever, it does not cloud and toughness is second to diamond 9-25 to 9-5. CZ clouds and absorbs oil and moisture and only an 8 for toughness. You need to change it every 2 to 3 years because it will cloud.
To me thise are not diamonds if you can tell the sifference then thats your proof. You will never be able to produce what mother earth has been hiding in a dirt and when you find it it shinesss.
Why do people say moissanite is man made?!?!? ITS NOT MAN MADE it’s just not a diamond. Just like sapphire is it’s own authentic gem that isn’t diamond, so is moissanite. Now if by “man made” he means “lab grown” then yes technically it is man made but still natural. Some diamonds are even lab grown too but lab grown “man made” is NOT the same as cz (cubic zirconia) “man made”. Don’t get it twisted. Moissanite is REAL and AUTHENTIC and even shines more than diamond and is cheaper cuz jewelers like to do what this guy did and make moissanite sound like a fake diamond to the average consumer so people keep spending their money on more expensive stones for no reason (diamond) just bc people want the pride to be able say they own diamonds, but moissanite really the way to go I’m telling you. Don’t let the money scavenger jewelers fool you. Get a bigger bang for less money (moissanite)
And if people don’t understand how and why moissanite is a bigger bang for less money. It’s simple economics. Supply and demand. The more popular an item is, and the higher the DEMAND for the item, the more expensive it is bc if everyone wants something, and it’s, say $100 there would be less SUPPLY of said item. That’s why jewelers will try to shade moissanite to get you to be a hypebeast and spend hella money on diamond. Bc moissanite is a real authentic seperate stone from diamond (naturally found in meteorites) and shines more than diamond due to having more fire, brilliance, and scintillation then diamonds. The reason for “man made” moissanite (lab grown moissanite actually) is bc moissanite is also more rare than diamonds due to the fact that it don’t come from our planet. Look it up, everything I said is facts and you have access to it, healers just don’t want you to know this so they call moissanite “man made” to make you make a connection between moissanite and cz and think of moissanite as fake. But what they really mean is lab grown, which is man made but like I said, still authentic. Think of lab grown moissanite/diamonds vs natural origin moissanite/diamonds as humans breeding animals vs animals in the wild mating. The outcome is still a natural authentic result of the animal/stone, one was just forced using human intelligence and science, and the other one happened in Mother Nature but both are still authentic and real
@@kojibackupaccount6649 also, I don't have a preference on what you buy, if you want a moissanite that's great, if you want a lab diamond that's great, and if you want a natural diamond that's great, it makes no difference to me I'm just trying to educate on the differences, so you can make an educated buying decision but it makes no difference to me which direction you go.
Google it my friend :) all moissanite used in jewelry is lab grown, just because a natural counterpart exists doesn't mean that's what the industry uses
@@jewelryinsidergood they're labgrown because i don't wanna die with meteorites hitting the earth so that we can mine them from the meteorite craters and sell them more expensively than a diamond because it will be rarer than a diamond but not so rare to make them lab grown.
@@jewelryinsider like there is nothing but truth on google.. i rather read 3000 year old books describing alive dinosaurs and giants telling me alot more truth then google who says i am a monkey..
@@jewelryinsider book of Enoch, book of Jubilees, the book of giants.. also the book of Job describes dinosaurs very well. all those books are dated 1000+ BC. read them you may learn something.
Google it my friend. Also, the presence of carbon 14 doesn't mean it can't be that old, it just can't be used to accurately date anything over 60,000 years old, there still may be trace amounts left over
CZ and moissanite don't react to UV light. Some natural diamond fluoresce (about 30%) with the most common color being blue. Natural diamonds can fluoresce in many other colors, though it is rare. Lab diamonds can phosphoresce a few different colors though it is usually too dim to be seen by the naked eye
All moissanite used in jewelry is :) Natural moissanite is exceptionally rare and the largest stone found is not big or high enough quality to be used in jewelry
Moissanite is like a Jewelry hack. Looks better, just as durable and is a fraction of the Price
Yeah it's a good option if you just care about the look! Way better than CZ thanks for your comment
@@jewelryinsider What else other than the looks matter? Afaik jewelry is all about looks isn't it? Of course a high hardness is important for it to last, but as far as the hardness is 8 or above it's not a problem unless you plan on beating your gems with hard stuff lol.
Going for diamonds over moissanite for me is a nobrainer, they are just better and 10 times cheaper. Diamonds are just expensive because they are popularly known as the best gemstone but that's just a lie. They are just special in terms of hardness.
@@DeMooniC a lot of people buy jewellery as way of investing their money. It's considered a better alternative to saving your money in say a savings account as precious metals and gems don't tend to depriciate in value as a consequence of inflation. Looks matter for most, but not for all.
Yeah but dobt forget people have insecure too! Thats like putting a M badge on a 328i buddy 😅
@@setiset516 facts!
Only diamonds can scratch a Moissanite. As there aren't many things around made of diamonds,I would say Moissanite is pretty durable!
They are also more prone to chipping, after years of daily wear moissanites don't looks so good
Lab hands down. Stop the natural diamond scam
People that cant afford natural love this saying
People who are wise say this bro there is literally no physical difference only some wee poor guy in some fucked up country is in the mud somewhere digging like a mad man trying to find a little diamond, diamonds are made up of carbon that is compressed with loads of heat that obviously happens in the ground naturally but also the same process happens in a lab so ? It’s like saying a baby isn’t a real baby because it was conceived through ivf , be wise with your dough brother 🖕🏻
@@MsLolzzz123you sound mad corny
@@Skippygoesharder you just sound mad
@@MsLolzzz123 but I’m not actually lol
Moissanite Gang! 💯 If I want to invest in jewelry, I would buy gold. Try taking your Diamond 💍 and see what the jeweler would buy it for. It’s like a car, Diamond drops value soon as the exchange happens and you won’t get that 💰 back. Gold chains hold value. Gold to hold, Moissanite for show.
Bingo
Exactly
I don't think that's true, but it's crazy overpriced anyway. Lat alone the shade chain for sourcing.
Daimonds are not worth what theyre sold for. There are so many diamonds in the world!
Not much
Moisssanite is only a .5 difference on hardness diamond being 10 and moisssanite being 9.5. Moisssanite actually has more fire and brilliance than a diamond.
Thank you for your input! Most Gemologists agree on 9.25 for it's hardness but Mohs scale of hardness is flawed anyway so that's not very important. Thanks for commenting
But one is revered. And the other isn’t.
@@sub_zerotv3877 one is artificially inflated to create fake scarcity
@@johndang8971 i agree with that
@@sub_zerotv3877 That is true! Why do you think that is?
a lot of jewerliers dont want you to buy mossinate beacuse it hurrs there business and they can no longer rip off people with so called real diamonds
I own genuine diamond jewerly as well as moissanite jewerly much of which is in a pave style setting. My favorite ring is my diamond cluster ring so I went and bought a moissanite cluster ring to match it and like 2 pendants due to all the hype around moissanite I've been reading about. I can def. See why a lot of people like it. It has a lot more fire and is very bright. Me personally tho i don't prefer too much fire. Also the way they interact with light is slightly different. I love the way my diamonds seem to flicker crisp and effortlessly with bold and quick flashes of white light. Moissanite to me isn't as crisp and doesn't have that "twinkle" effect I love. They seem to me more "blurry" with a lot of rainbow sparkle and with less depth and crispness. Idk kinda hard to explain unless you have them in person side by side.
I will say moissanite is super freakin bright when the light hits the surface at the right angles. But then again they aren't suppose to look like diamonds the way cz is made to look like a diamonds. They are their own gemstone. And tho CZ replicates the way diamonds interact with light more so then moissy does, they are much more dull and and the extreme external rainbow light gives them away as being fake. Moissy has a lot of rainbow sparkle but it seems to be more internal if that Makes sense.
But regardless they both do what the other can't it's all about preference. CZ is out the picture for me. I won't waste a dime on it. But I won't hate on the next man for wearing it. Not everyone has hundreds or thousands to splurge on stones that don't really hold their value unless they are at a certain karat weight/cut/clarity or made by Tiffany ect.
So ya I prefer diamonds over any other stone but I still and will still rock moissanite cause it looks real nice and unique. But for me nothing beats or can replicate the way a well cut diamond interacts with light. And moiss Def. Does Interacts with light differently. So don't go buying moissy expecting it to perform the same way diamonds do because you'll be a bit dissapointed. Anyways sorry for the long ass comment I'm out lol.
Ik wym I have a moissanite Cuban link and it hits but not like a og diamond Cuban link
@user-td9by8kn2q ya bro I just posted a short of this pendant I recently got thats flooded with really well cut SI diamonds. You can see how effortlessly the stones light up refracting white light all together in a on/off cluster effect. This a quality I love and it's unique to well cut diamonds. Moissanite has a whole lot of of fire within the stone and I know a lot of people prefer that so it's all about preference. But to me it's makes them look more "fuzzy" when I compare them to my diamond pieces. They aren't as crisp in the way they refract white light. And it's true they do have a lot more scattered sparkles of fire but I'm all about the bold and crisp white flashes diamonds produce at every angle. You can get that white light refraction from moissanite but it has to Be at more specific angles and they don't have that flickering effect the way diamonds do...
But just because I prefer the way diamonds perform doesn't make them any more or less better. They both do different things when they interact with lights so it's all about what what you want to get out of a stone.
@user-td9by8kn2q oh and sorry for the long reply haha I get carried away when trynna explain something.
@@kingrob9993 I appreciate your long comments. You actually seem to be one of the few diamond preferring individuals who knows what they're talking about and prefers diamonds for a completely understandable and legit reason as opposed to so many diamond preferring people who don't know the first thing about either gem, could never tell them apart, and whom vehemently prefers diamonds simply because they're a hollow, materialistic, money obsessed member of the working poor who fronts their "wealth" and tries to make themselves seem wealthier than they actually are because they lost the plot and picture of what's really important in life sometime during their emotionally distressing childhood and now tie their self-worth and value as a person entirely to how much money they have or can get because society has made it such that it's a convenient alternative to finding true happiness and value in love and human connection because money can buy the sort of fake inner peace that comes from overcoming financial adversity, and that's enough for a good many people to be able to lie to themselves and pretend as though that's the same thing as the true inner peace we all seek as human beings that can ONLY be found within the immaterial je ne sais quoi that makes us human.
Your sure Wright even lab grown diamonds are exciting to own because they are quite cheap and affordable for the customers that can't afford the natural ones but get the exact same deal without breaking the bank,Lab diamond earrings are worth it because they can be easy to loose and if it happens it won't hurt so much but still you get attached to them because they sparkle really really nice. Lovem Lovem Lovem. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
In my opinion, Moissanite will always be better than diamond
Interesting perspective, why do you feel that way?
@@jewelryinsider the price speak for itself
@@tigeto2733 makes sense, lab diamond is almost the same price that this point, if it ever gets to the same do you think you would like lab diamond more?
@@jewelryinsider probably nott
@@tigeto2733 why would you like moissanite more if they were the same price?
I love moissanite. Definitely my favourite gemstone. I'm biased because my engagement ring is a moissanite and i am obsessed with it's rainbow sparkle and steely grey undertones. My fiancee (we're both women) chose a garnet for her engagement ring because it's her favourite stone and the dark brown red maroon of the garnet looks perfect on her more olive skin s
tone. Definitely do like diamonds but i would never want to part with that much money for jewelry. Even my moissanite engagement ring was second hand. A 1ct forever brilliant charles and colvard solitaire in 18ct gold for £120 and a year in it still looks perfect. The setting is super durable and well made and the stone is stunning to me. But i knew I wanted a non diamond engagement ring so it was choosing between a moissanite and a pink sapphire. Non diamond rings are really common in the UK. I think more common than in the US.
Thank you for sharing!
The fact that it takes highly specialized equipment to differentiate.
A trained person can easily tell the difference between A diamond, Moissanite, and a Cubic
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Cool, so 99.9% of the population can’t tell the difference.
Yea but there's so much diamond in the ground. It's not rare. So gimme the cheap one.
There are a TON of diamonds in the ground, just most of them aren't high enough quality for jewelry. But yeah, definitely not as rare as most of the industry suggests :)
the cheap will not last long scratch faster
@@juan-ksporty7348only a diamond can scratch moissanite
@@juan-ksporty7348and its not cheap just cheaper
Cubic zirconia age very poorly, best to go with at least a moissanite which can be gotten for a good price and will last.
Moissanite: create in lab, ingredients: some chemical, so its cheap
Natural Diamond: create in nature, ingredients: poor black people, munitions, blood, black dollar. So it's expensive
2 of the top diamond producers today is Canada and Russia... Just fyi
That’s why you look into the source of your diamond before you buy
"Moissanite is less durable"
Man, we talking about 9.25 mohs hardness vs 10 mohs hardness, the difference is negligible, they are pretty much as durable. So, since Moissanites are just brighter and sparklier... AND FREAKING 10 TIMES CHEAPER!!! They are clearly better.
Plus natural Moissanite (not lab crated) is actually a good amount rarer than diamonds
Why would I pay 10 times more for a duller gem that's just a tiny bit harder? Diamonds are a scam.
Diamonds are just expensive because they are diamonds, they are the popular very hard and expensive gemstone everyone knows. They are not unique nor the best.
Diamonds are just for those rich guys that like to brag about having diamonds lmao
Natural moissanite is impossible to find in gem quality, it doesn't exist. All gem quality moissanite is man made. Also yes, hardness is very close between the two, but moissanites toughness is significantly lower so it is much more prone to chipping and breaking. Scratching isn't the only thing that dictates durability. But I appreciate your comment, you do bring up some good points!
"Diamonds are only expensive because they are Diamonds"
Karat Rating: Am I a Joke to You? (Speaking of, there are many stones more rare and expensive than Diamond, such as Tanzanite, Alexandrite, Paraíba Tourmaline, Painite, Kiawthuite and etc.)
@@jewelryinsiderIt doesn't exist... On Earth 😉
Moissanite is thought to be more common around different types of stars.
The difference isn’t negligible. Yes it’s second place but that .75 the Diamond is much much much much harder than Moissanite. Lots of Moissanite misinformation, not at all the same look as diamonds. It’s all subjective, I personally stick with my diamonds
Kryptonite
I love the double refraction of moisanite
Me too!
Moissanite first, followed by lab Diamond.
Thanks for your comment!
cz are very common in real gold jewelry ...that stone is not for costume jewelry at all. costume jewelry use glass and plastic !
Agreed! I have a 14k yellow gold marquise CZ ring and it’s beautiful 😍
I absolutely adore all of my moissanite rings 💍
To say cubic zirconia isn’t very sparkly is ridiculous. It has a slightly lower refractive index and a slightly higher dispersion than diamond. Without a loupe, and especially from a distance of a few feet, a precision-cut high grade CZ can fool many jewelers. I would pick a diamond or moissanite over CZ any time for an item you wear daily, but it’s a great choice for evening and cocktail jewelry, or for trying out styles you’re not ready to invest in yet.
To say that CZ will fool jewelers is not true. I can spot a cz from across a room. and up close they have very high read-through which makes them seem less sparkly even though yes, on paper, they should be close.
I appreciate your comment though!
@@jewelryinsider Thank you for responding. My main point is that cubic zirconia is very sparkly in the world of gemstones. There’s only a few stones I would consider more sparkly: rutile, strontium titanate, moissanite, and diamond. Even semiprecious gems like demantoid garnet and zircon that are known for being sparkly pale in comparison to cubic zirconia in terms of sparkle. Telling consumers that it isn’t very sparkly is misleading. It is very sparkly by any metric.
And when I say it will fool many jewelers, I mean many of the sales associates you’d interact with at stores ranging from Kay to Tiffany & Co. I don’t meant the graduate gemologist they have in the back or at headquarters who spends all day grading diamonds. The CZs I’m talking about are top quality rough that’s heat treated to warm up the stone and then hand cut by a lapidary the way a diamond would be, and then mounted in jewelry, and viewed from several feet away. Not a loose commercial grade CZ popped out of an earring from Claire’s that’s being examined in hand. Of course, you’re correct that certain cuts, and certainly sizes above a carat or two will show much more glassy windowing when viewed from an angle if mounted, and any CZ will window when flipped upside down if unmounted.
@@mikeg8276 I agree with your points there, and I appreciate the thorough response. I guess you're right, but this video was mostly for people comparing these exact stones for engagement rings. Durability is definitely the biggest downside which is why I don't like selling them. The best comparison is to compare them in person and let the consumer decide but that's a bit hard to get across in a video
Right!!! Cuz are way better than lab created a lot closer to diamonds
CZ has come so far! People don’t realize a high quality CZ can be as hard as an 8 or 9 on the mohs scale which is harder than most other natural gemstones. They are lab created gemstones NOT glass or plastic. High quality CZ I believe look more like diamonds. Moissanite are beautiful but def have their own look much warmer and more rainbowy in the light. I’m not a jeweler lol just my opinion seeing all stones in person and my in depth google “ research “
Thanks for your comment! You are absolutely right :)
Moisinite is my favorite
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@@jewelryinsider thanks for your video :) keep up the great work!!
@@superkittybtc thank you!
Blue for sure! Diamonds have more brilliant colors! Thank you for diamond educational.
Of course! Thank you for watching!
Actually no, false. It's a fact that moissanite has noticeably more brilliance and sparkle than a diamond lol, so idk where you got that from.
CZs actually have pretty good sparkle but I bought a pair of earrings from some jewelry shop in the hallway of the Lubbock South Plains Mall called the Gold Lodge and as they lured me in they showed me a pair of earrings with a dull look to them so since I had money to splurge I went ahead and bought them so they wouldn't feel bad and for $50 I kept them and when I admire my $600 dollar lab grown diamond 0.50 earrings I just can't help but stare at the $50 ones upset from seeing them just wanting to sparkle but they look dull.Dang,they think they can they think they can they think they can.😅😅🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂
Im def a moissanite girl❤ extra sparkly and priced affordably. Plus, im always worried about blood diamonds.
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Artificial scarcity... Diamonds
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@@inigo7780 lol
even if they are scarce it makes no sense for every single person around the world to use them as rings. People are not allowed to have different likes they are programmed to know what they should like in today's society.
I love diamonds but having mossanite is okay too. We dont use our jewellery as weapon or something.
Diamond had a heavenly shine 😇 under the camera the rest only sparkled ✨
You don’t know what you’re talking about… Both CZ and Moissanite have a higher refractive index than diamond. This means they will bend light more than diamond. Given the proper gem geometry, both will be more “sparkly” than diamond. The geometry has to be optimized for the refractive index of the stone. If you cut a CZ or Moissanite with the same geometry as a diamond, of course they will be less sparkly. However, if you take into account the refractive indices of both the stimulants, they will outperform the diamond via the fundamental laws of physics alone…
Maybe before replying you should google the refractive index of diamond and CZ because diamonds is higher lol.
@@jewelryinsiderno tf it ain’t. Moissanite is double. Cz I don’t know about that now 😂
Moissanite can handle more heat then diamond as well
Natural Diamonds (carbon) are plentiful on earth. They are not rare. Still LAB grown diamonds are costly and expensive. Where as, natural Moissanite (silicon carbide) is much much rarer than diamond. Still lab grown Moissanites are cheaper. Why is this? 🤔 Plus, Moissanite's characteristics are also way better than a diamond. So why it's cheap in market??
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Diamond has a higher perceived value and prestige due marketing and historic demand. The cost of lab diamond has fallen a lot though and will probably continue to. Honestly though, if the price was too low I bet a lot people wouldn't want diamonds and would go for a more expensive stone.
Moissanite has a better look. And lab grown diamonds are just as strong and long lasting as a regular diamond.
And I've seen real natural diamonds get sold back to jewelers. Most will get nothing back. Unless you have the correct cuts and correct carat number.
If your girlfriend, fiance, or wife loses your moissanite or lab grown diamond ring. You didn't lose much.
Also, for all the guys who break off an engagement or vice versa, and the lady throws away the ring, well you didn't lose much.
At the end of the day they save you money.
Cubic zirconia: for those who really want to be cheap.
Thank you for your comment
People keep going about how diamond is harder than moissanite but let me remind you guys we dare to buy pearls necklace for hundred of thousands dollars and a mere drop of vinegar can disintegrate that pearls. So yeah, buy that moissanite or CZ. Save money.
Some people care about sourcing and moh so no
Yeah, right, try to get a loose diamond.That's 8 carrots for a 150 bucks like you can with moissanite with GRA Certificate Maybe a small diamond could be possibly be similar in price, but not with the same clarity or the color.
Or quality moissanite is always vvs are flawless with little to know color And i've went to several high end jewelry shops in my area who use pretty high end diamond testers with moissanite as an option and my jewelry has came out diamond tested each times
@@Sonny_K_Bruno the cheap testers just test heat dispersion, moissanite and diamond have similar heat dispersion, higher end testers can tell the difference every time. Yeah moissanite is a lot cheaper though, it's also weaker and retains zero value. Ikea furniture is cheaper than high end furniture too, would fool those who don't know it, that doesn't make it "better"
Cubic zirconia for the price. I don't wear jewelry often. Especially rings that warrant durability.
Naturals are top one cuz Future, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne and other rappers have the top #1 iced out jewelry in the world. My thing is that people are selling moissanite jewelry since they’re more affordable than natural diamond and maybe for lab created diamond I rather go lab than moissanite, so people can make those as iced out but might be expensive as like natural diamonds 💎 are.
Moissanite❤
Thank you for your feedback!
Not all moissanite is man made . You said it’s man made . Give people real context when explaining these things
All Moissanite you see is man-made. Natural ones don't even exist on Earth.
Moissanite is a natural stone and can be lab made just like diamond. Also moissanite shines more and is only slightly softer but not so soft that you will ever damage it in its setting. Please spread proper information
None of the moissanite used in jewelry is natural. Every single one is lab-grown. The natural occurring moissanite stones are of low quality, very small, and unsuitable for jewelry. Also, I have sold hundreds of moissanites over the years, and many have come back damaged, so saying that "you won't ever damage it" is just blatantly false. Even diamonds can be damaged (though much less often compared to moissanite) nothing is indestructible. I do this for a living and am a Graduate Gemologist, this is proper information but I appreciate your comment :)
Just get the moissante save your money for a vacation 😂
Why not both 😅
I get more compliments on my moissanite ring than my Diamond ring.
That's awesome!
ta tenso usar um diamante,alem de caro um perigo p os assaltos.
That little bit of silica in the molecular structure doesn’t veer off much from a diamond. Don’t hate on moissanite if anything they are more complex than diamonds for the silica rather than pure carbon
If a lab and natural diamond are chemically the same how do they show up different colours when tested?
Great question! Natural diamonds tend to have trace elements like nitrogen imbedded in their crystal lattice. This can cause fluorescence which means it flows under UV light. Often times this glow is much too dim to be able to see with your naked eye so by putting it an a very dark environment and taking a photo you can get a more accurate view
@@jewelryinsider that’s really interesting thanks!
One of those Dimonds are called "blood Dimonds"
Natural of course is the part on how it’s made naturally vs lab but I know it’s practical to get lab but I still prefer the real natural ones nothing beats that at-least for my taste
Diamond. Those who know know. They’re different
Luxury is a state of mind. Luxury drains your wallet, however that GIA Certification number engraved on a natural diamond, brings more resale value. Natural diamonds will lose 25-30% of their original value and lab grown diamonds will lose 90-95%. Jewelers mark up natural diamonds a lot less than lab diamonds, because natural diamonds are so expensive to begin with. If a jeweler could mark up a $10,000 one ct natural diamond 60-70%, like the can on lab diamonds…they would. Lab diamonds are being produced and sold faster than ever and in ten years their value will be pennies on the dollar.
i wish they made more moissanite jewelry instead or cz or glass
Disagree on the durability. Moissanite may be slightly softer but is less prone to chipping.
Not in my experience, moissanite is much more likely to chip during setting, or by getting knocked on things.
@@jewelryinsider That's interesting to hear. You'd expect diamond to be more prone to chipping because it has more cleavage planes. Maybe it is because people get bigger moissanites than diamonds?
"CZ is not very sparkly"? What? Every CZ I've ever seen sparkled way more than a real diamond.
nah not in reality. as soon as they get dirty at all they don't sparkle. I can show you if you like.
Buying diamonds is stupid , you lose it or it get steal. Useless and expensive, keep the money and invest it
Well most of Man apparently can’t afford real diamonds I have seen lots of complaints about (gold diggers woman etc) 💍 well it’s ok 😢🥺😅 what matters is the intention 🙏🏽😍 but it would be nice at least to have one real diamond 💎 from thousands of years… a little one would be nice to have in the marriage bc we never know is a good investment too if the family needs it too. But I wish I could have one someday ✨😍🙏🏽
I would prefer a lab grown diamond
Cubic zirconia, moissanite, diamond - everything looks the same to me, so I take the lowest price 🤣
"what would you pick for your ring"
idk you tell me that's why I'm here
My Moissanite shines more than my diamond, why?
in what way does it shine more? there are a few different aspects of "shine" that are complicated. Diamonds have more brilliance (bright white light reflection). In contrast, moissanite has more fire (spectral colors due to dispersion) and a similar amount of scintillation (white flashing strobe effect as it is rocked). it could also be that your diamond is dirty, they tend to attract grease easily.
I’ll stick with my earth mined alexandrite ❤
Nice! Alex is one of my favorite stones :)
Moissanite is a naturally occurring mineral. What are you saying that it’s made in a lab most of the time for jewelry purposes?
all moissanite used for jewelry purposes is made in a lab. Naturally occurring moissanite is tiny, low quality, and not very pretty. If you want to read more about it, here is an article that GIA put out. www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2014-gemnews-moissanite-crystals-israel
Moissanite could be made in a lab but It could be mined because it’s just like a diamond but is cheaper hope this helps
There is no gem quality moissanite in the earth. So no, it can't be mined. But I appreciate you commenting
Natural moissanite was found in asteroids on earth. Those stones are worth millions. All other moissanite is man made
Really cannot tell the difference between any of them
But you will know
Moissonite is lab created just like diamonds are lab created but its a real life natural mineral that exists in the earth like natural diamonds do too
Moissanite doesn't actually exist on Earth. It exists from a meteor that rarely hits Earth. That's why Moissanite is way more rarer than Diamonds.
Moissanite is cheaper than lab in my country so I'd choose moissanite
At least a billion....impossible to prove with any known science accurately past about 60,000 years 😂
Not true, we can look at inclusions in diamonds that may be radioactive. Analyses of rhenium-osmium isotopes in sulfide inclusions have proven to be the most accurate way to date diamonds
Thank you.
Shout out moissanite 💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🇨🇦
Taylor Swift love meteorite black diamond untreated please 🙏.. can you order me a oval shaped 3 carat please 🙏 untreated fully natural..
ruby 🤩
I bought my wife 6 natural diamond engagement sets over the past 30years! Now cheapskate are getting lab made ones?!?!? I feel so cheated!!
Why 6 engagement rings? Did she say "I'll say 'yes' when you finally buy the right ring"??
@Joy21090 well... it's a bad habit really. 1st was a 1/3 ct solitaire marquee cut when I was just 18 years old and only about $900 back in 1996. The was an upgrade when I made more $$ to a 3 stone platinum 1ct total. Then at an antique store she loved an art deco plat old mine cut .5ct, so Christmas I got it. Then she found one just like it in white gold, I got it. Then she found a .81ct flawless solitaire old mine cut in platinum with an inscription inside the matching band and ring that was dated 1949, so I bought it. And there's been more. Her latest is a JR Woods 1890s 3ct old mine cut in the center of a flower with gold pedals. It's really a nice 14k ring that was only $350, plus 10% off.
She has traded in 2 or 3 over the years (sadly the original very 1st one is gone 😔) but I've found something she loves to buy and it's like putting our money in the bank! Antique and vintage jewelry! She pays maybe 3%-5% over gold spot price, gets to wear them whenever, and keeps growing the value until we die and the kids get them, along with the house and everything else.
Girls should indulge in antique vintage jewelry, it's very affordable, very unique and not like today's stuff. Plus it's like putting money in the bank, and you all look beautiful wearing the stuff! So while she has more than a few diamond wedding sets, currently only 1 was purchased brand new. But all her diamonds are natural and old style cuts, near flawless (all of them), in gold and old, purchased cheap! But today's girls are getting 2ct lab made flawless ones that suddenly make her .81ct look small. So undoubtedly I'll have to buy her a 2ct lab made diamond just so I don't feel cheap. It kills me that the flawless .81ct (just cause I love her) set was $1,200 used that I got her, and a 20 year old guy can buy his bride a 2ct lab made for the same price 😔
I can't compete with buying natural diamonds (like she swears to love) vs the other girls lab created diamonds that are bigger, cleaner, and much less expensive. It's a pickle. But I suppose I'll get her just 1 so she too can say "oh it's a 2 ct". And honestly, it's my pride and love for her that makes me want to give her far more than I can or that she needs. She's quite humble. But she talks a lot about what grandkids or daughter in laws are getting what onday. It's truly money in the bank. My dad did the same, only gold was $400 an ozt when he was doing so. By the time his kids were grown, gold was near $2,000 an ozt. He was able to cash out and buy a modest home down in North Carolina with cash from selling their gold collection alone. Mom and Dad still live there happy as lambs. I plan to copy what they've done in life. And my wife likes the idea too. 😎
@Joy21090 lol, not really how it happened 😎 We started an idea when we were young. That is, we buy used Antique and 50year+ vintage gold and platinum jewelry whenever we find it. And this way, we are putting our money in the bank (in metals really) that we will always have and that she can wear anytime. We usually pay 100%-105% of melt price at antique shops or auctions. Then, take them to the jeweler to get inspected, fixed, or cleaned up and sized. And now, since 1996, she's acquired many, many items of gold, plat, even silver jewelry, lots of diamonds, and gems too. She can cash them out anytime she needs to if something happens to me or her. Just our way of saving up money and keeping her looking as beautiful as she can be. When you buy 2-3 gold rings or necklaces a month for almost 20 years, it adds up fast! The big diamond rings are her favorite, but she had lots of other stuff too. I keep trying to have her make a youtube video of her collection, but shes paranoid she will get robbed 😆🤣. Diamond rings for the 1800s are truly a sight to see! And she has an Art Deco fetish, especially if it's old mine cut, or old european cut in platinum. And I love spoiling her. I'm saving my money in a way (just in a metal form now) I feel proud I can give her so much. And she looks beautiful in all of the items she wear! It's a win, win, win! But now I feel shame because I have to compete (or feel like I do) with the 2ct lab made diamonds all the girls are wearing today 😔 My wife's biggest is a .95 but it's a natural and flawless in platinum. Girls she works with have 1.5ct flawless in 10k gold or silver. Theirs look better and are far cheaper and easier to get. So I'm gonna feel pressure to pay for a lab made diamond real soon I think. Even though I think it's a waste of money that depreciates with every new batch they make. It's just less special than the earth growing it for billions of years. Now, they can literally make a billion diamonds in 1 year.
Yes we do because we are not rich like you. Buying a car is much more a priority than a diamond for now.
Super diamond
People talk snack on CZ cause they're trying to hype you into paying 10× more for another lab made stones that has no resale value either.
To me, CZ is perfect to match with paleish pastel colors, while moissanite is perfect for barbie doll princess vibrance.
For a pink leather bracelet I'd wear in the summertime? I'd use CZ. For a watch bezel to be matched with other gemstones like ruby? I'd choose moissanite.
Yeah but moissanite is forever, it does not cloud and toughness is second to diamond 9-25 to 9-5. CZ clouds and absorbs oil and moisture and only an 8 for toughness. You need to change it every 2 to 3 years because it will cloud.
To me thise are not diamonds if you can tell the sifference then thats your proof. You will never be able to produce what mother earth has been hiding in a dirt and when you find it it shinesss.
so lab created is same as mined diamonds....
Chemically, optically, and physically identical. Only difference is where they came from and the market for them.
Moissanita is 🔥
Why do people say moissanite is man made?!?!? ITS NOT MAN MADE it’s just not a diamond. Just like sapphire is it’s own authentic gem that isn’t diamond, so is moissanite. Now if by “man made” he means “lab grown” then yes technically it is man made but still natural. Some diamonds are even lab grown too but lab grown “man made” is NOT the same as cz (cubic zirconia) “man made”. Don’t get it twisted. Moissanite is REAL and AUTHENTIC and even shines more than diamond and is cheaper cuz jewelers like to do what this guy did and make moissanite sound like a fake diamond to the average consumer so people keep spending their money on more expensive stones for no reason (diamond) just bc people want the pride to be able say they own diamonds, but moissanite really the way to go I’m telling you. Don’t let the money scavenger jewelers fool you. Get a bigger bang for less money (moissanite)
And if people don’t understand how and why moissanite is a bigger bang for less money. It’s simple economics. Supply and demand. The more popular an item is, and the higher the DEMAND for the item, the more expensive it is bc if everyone wants something, and it’s, say $100 there would be less SUPPLY of said item. That’s why jewelers will try to shade moissanite to get you to be a hypebeast and spend hella money on diamond. Bc moissanite is a real authentic seperate stone from diamond (naturally found in meteorites) and shines more than diamond due to having more fire, brilliance, and scintillation then diamonds. The reason for “man made” moissanite (lab grown moissanite actually) is bc moissanite is also more rare than diamonds due to the fact that it don’t come from our planet. Look it up, everything I said is facts and you have access to it, healers just don’t want you to know this so they call moissanite “man made” to make you make a connection between moissanite and cz and think of moissanite as fake. But what they really mean is lab grown, which is man made but like I said, still authentic. Think of lab grown moissanite/diamonds vs natural origin moissanite/diamonds as humans breeding animals vs animals in the wild mating. The outcome is still a natural authentic result of the animal/stone, one was just forced using human intelligence and science, and the other one happened in Mother Nature but both are still authentic and real
Man made and lab grown are synonymous. Man made meaning not natural. Moissanite made for jewelry does not come from nature, it is made by humans.
@@kojibackupaccount6649 also, I don't have a preference on what you buy, if you want a moissanite that's great, if you want a lab diamond that's great, and if you want a natural diamond that's great, it makes no difference to me I'm just trying to educate on the differences, so you can make an educated buying decision but it makes no difference to me which direction you go.
If you think a REAL diamond is worth it, someone needs to go back to school 😂😂
I wonder if a lab grown baby glows green????😂😂😂😂
What stone has blue and yellow flares ? 🔥
What do you mean by flares?
Monsonite is never as white as at good diamond ; always kind of yellow.
Not always actually.
You’re wrong moissanite is a gemstone found in 1898
Google it my friend :) all moissanite used in jewelry is lab grown, just because a natural counterpart exists doesn't mean that's what the industry uses
@@jewelryinsidergood they're labgrown because i don't wanna die with meteorites hitting the earth so that we can mine them from the meteorite craters and sell them more expensively than a diamond because it will be rarer than a diamond but not so rare to make them lab grown.
Moissanite isn’t man made.
diamonds are a scam
invest on mossinate its going go up soon
with lab diamonds getting cheaper and cheaper, moissanite is likely going to drop off completely is my guess
bilion years? and how did you calculate this? how is then possible to create lab diamond in a few months? bilions years my as..
Google it my friend.
@@jewelryinsider like there is nothing but truth on google.. i rather read 3000 year old books describing alive dinosaurs and giants telling me alot more truth then google who says i am a monkey..
@@franci4434 3000 year old book?
@@jewelryinsider book of Enoch, book of Jubilees, the book of giants.. also the book of Job describes dinosaurs very well. all those books are dated 1000+ BC.
read them you may learn something.
It's not that hard to process, billions of years ago diamonds were formed, just took us until now to start harvesting it.
Except diamonds have carbon 14...so they can't be a billion years old
Google it my friend. Also, the presence of carbon 14 doesn't mean it can't be that old, it just can't be used to accurately date anything over 60,000 years old, there still may be trace amounts left over
In my opinion, moissonite screams new moneys and natural diamonds scream old
What would be the differences in color under a uv light between each?
CZ and moissanite don't react to UV light. Some natural diamond fluoresce (about 30%) with the most common color being blue. Natural diamonds can fluoresce in many other colors, though it is rare. Lab diamonds can phosphoresce a few different colors though it is usually too dim to be seen by the naked eye
@@jewelryinsiderI really appreciate the time to respond, taught me alot making sure to subscribe for more content thanks !
@@eastmadelu4019 thank you!
Wow! A billion years old is crazy...
@KahelDiamante actually they aren't. All natural diamonds are at least a billion years old with the oldest stones dating back 3.3-3.5 billion years!
Everything created in this universe is the same age. It's the journey that's significant.
@@micky8ball True, anything is made of matter that was created at the same time around 13 billion years ago. What changes is the form they get.
moissonite is not man made...it is a real naturally occuring mineral
All moissanite used in jewelry is manmade. Silicon carbide can occur in nature but it is tiny (like 2 mm) and dark and ugly
@@jewelryinsider oh ok I didn't know that, thanks.
Ага, там ещё за "начурал" пару десятков негритят уморили😅
A billion years old? 😂 No guy, God created earth about 6,000 years ago but believe what you want
Any bible verse saying the world is 6000 years old?
Moisssanite isn't man-made....
All moissanite used in jewelry is. Naturally occuring is extremely rare and low quality
Hi
Eu vou couprar de mate 123 mil reais
All are garbage but real diamond
😆😆😆 nothing on this earth is "billions" of years old. only a few thousands.... 👁️
Lol
Thank you...6500 years old at most.
@TheHitman-84 exactly around that number 😊
@@TheHitman- God created diamonds about 3 billion years ago
@@jewelryinsider God himself proves the earth is not even 7000 years old. Don't be ridiculous.
Not a billion years old
Google it my friend
Moissanite is not really man made. FYI.
All moissanite used in jewelry is :)
Natural moissanite is exceptionally rare and the largest stone found is not big or high enough quality to be used in jewelry
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Can’t lie, I’ve been reeeeeeeeally loving moissanite lately 🥹🥹❤️