Recently we have had an influx of synthetic stones coming into our lab for stone removal. The challenge is properly identifying these stones.
Some synthetic diamonds and stones look so real and test very similar to diamonds it is becoming a challenge for some of our customers to properly distinguish from the real thing.
Many of these stones do not react to acid, which is generally a sign that the stone is a diamond.
Yesterday the GIA issued a video detailing how to properly identify these types of stones. Since we are not gemologists here we defer to the experts. Check out these two great articles.
http://news.centurionjewelry.com/articles/view/new-moissanite-slips-past-old-testers-gia-releases-guide-to-spotting-synthe
http://www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-identifying-lab-grown-diamonds-shigley
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