Moissanite diamonds are taking the gem world by
storm. Diamond specialists pride themselves on offering the best to
their customers, selling diamonds that shine brilliantly and
beautifully, not only because of the professional reputation they have
worked so hard to foster, but also because they respect and admire the
medium with which they work.
So it might come as something of a
surprise that many professional gemmologists are now selling simulated
diamonds alongside the ‘real thing’. Have they somehow compromised their
principles? Or is it just that moissanite diamonds are simply that
beautiful?
Simulated diamonds have long been held in disfavor,
because of the assumption that simulation necessarily implies
inferiority. This has caused moissanite diamonds to be greeted
sceptically, and with no lack of foundation. Previously produced
simulated diamonds have included such alternatives as cut glass,
rhinestone and cubic zirconium, which might lay claim to a certain
attractiveness in their own right, but in no way approaching the sublime
beauty of a real diamond.
But the development of moissanite
diamonds has shaken this old foundation to the core. Those who have yet
to be awed by the physical presence of moissanite diamonds dismiss them
prematurely as being manmade, unlike real diamonds, which Mother Earth
has brewed in her belly for millennia. But this harsh dismissal is to
ignore the many wonders that man has created throughout his evolution,
from art and poetry to the scientific wonders that can save lives.
Many
of man’s finest creations have been born in the lab, and moissanite
diamonds are no exception. Even professional gemmologists have been able
to distinguish them from real diamonds, and many of those who have deem
their brilliance and fire superior to that of a real diamond.
Simulated
diamonds were previously only the domain of those who were unable to
afford the real thing, but now moissanite diamonds can offer, and even
surpass, the beauty of a real diamond at a far lower price. Even the
experts are impressed – and you will be too.
Moissanite diamonds offer the beauty and fire of diamonds, but without the price tag.
