Diamonds...REAL vs FAKE!

Can you tell a real diamond from fake one? Watch us burn a diamond to see if it’s real or fake. That’s 1 out of the 5 tests we’ll be conducting in this video.

Real diamonds are amazing minerals. To make them, we’ll need to travel almost 100 miles deep into the Earth and experience extreme pressures and scorching 1000-degree C temperatures...for billions of years!

That’s how special diamonds are..But in the world we live in, sometimes it’s a challenge not to get scammed with a fake diamond (aka diamond simulant). Cubic zirconias (CZs) and moissanite stones are some of the “fakes” that constantly duking it out against our natural gemstones.

We’ll show you how a 1-carat diamond fares on certain tests against CZs and moissanites, as well as some of its amazing properties. This information can be invaluable to you when buying a diamond, as it’ll help you avoid making mistakes ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars!

Here are the different tests conducted in the video:

00:24 The Water Test - Tests a diamond's relative density to other minerals.
01:20 The Scratch Test - Tests a diamond's hardness.
02:36 The Newspaper Test - Tests a diamond's ability to refract light.
03:24 The Flame Test - Tests a diamond's ability to withstand high temperatures.
05:24 Conductivity Tests - Tests a diamonds conductivity vs a moissanite.
06:25 Bonus Tests - You gotta see this one! There's no other way!

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[summerpeach]

This woman's voice was calming that it made me sleepy until she said "wtf" and woke me up lol

[cattfishh]

This is an amazingly informative and straightforward guide on diamond tests. No fluff, no waste of time, no music, no distractions, just pure learning. Thank you so much for this video. This video is a shining example of quality content on YouTube.

[juliusbautista]

I burst out laughing when the diamond shattered into pieces, only to find out it was the fake one. Good one 😂

[Kaisar_bashir]

My heart skipped a beat, when u took the hammer.

[FanOFthegame]

I wouldn't try smashing my hard earned purchased diamond just to prove whether it's fake or real 😂

[daynee]

When you still watch even though you have no interest in diamonds.

[ogkrieg]

Her "what the f*ck" was CLASSIC!

[kc]

When Eric left I thought it was all over for CRM. However you have evolved and taken this channel forward with high quality unique content. A brilliant reinvention. Happy new year guys and all the best for 21.

[alexanderelderhorst]

Can you imagine someone doesn't know that the hardness doesn't effect tenacity and then shatters their diamond thinking it was fake?

[Thankyou_]

Another awesome video CRM! This video really showed that more of a reason to buy jewelry from a reputable Jewelers like your self. There is so much to watch for nowadays when buying a diamond. Have a wonderful day guys! Thank you 🙏

[madmonkey]

Turned black from carbon
Not heat
Using a torch would prevent soot

[martinisherwood]

Mossanite is a gemstone in it's own right and was was found in a meteorite around the 1893 and has only been used in jewellery since 1998 you could say it's rarer than diamonds, diamonds are not rare as many people would think it's the way diamonds have been marketed, one of the biggest diamond buyers in the world has stopped using mind diamonds which is Pandora they are going to use lad grown, there's another gemstone that was found meteorite and that is Moldervite

[aristaguan]

The hardest thing is to advice my girlfriend that diamond is a waste of money

[calangel]

This test was great. The simple way to tell a CZ from a diamond is to get a carat weight conversion chart, measure the stone in question, then weigh it. CZ and diamond are so different that it'd be impossible to confuse them in this regards.

Fun fact: the first cubic zirconia (CZ) was found in nature, as an inclusion in a metamict zircon. While unstable and eventually breaking down, CZ is actually a natural gem just like sapphire or any other...except that what we have was all grown in a lab.

[BuleCat]

The spund of the heated fake one falling in the water was soooo pleasant in a weurd way. I want to hear more diamonds scream

[AjCxOfficial]

You guys should definitely make a REAL vs FAKE: Gold edition, also explaining different levels of purity!

[surijadhhalim]

Hardness : durability against scratch. Toughness : durability against impact. Hardness of a diamond may be the perfect one but its toughness much below a metal.

[hyper]

I was waiting for " scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7"

[MarcelinPhotography]

Wow, really great visuals. The moissanite was stunning too, but a diamond is a diamond!