Russian Brilliants
Russian Brilliants
Russian Brilliants, Russian Stars and other names used to market these diamond simulates are high quality cubic zirconias (CZ). This fact may not be mentioned prominently on the company’s web site and the company apparently will only reveal this only when pressed.
Learn more about Russian Brilliants at the company’s website:
http://www.russianbrilliants.net
Other Diamond Simulants: cubic zirconia, Moissanite, Diamond Nexus, white sapphire, white topaz
Diamond Nexus
Diamond Nexus Labs gemstones are a specially processed, cut or prepared cubic zirconium stones (CZ), and have only recently been made available in the United States.
Diamond Nexus gemstones are excellent diamond simulants and come very close to matching the properties of mined diamonds at many different comparison points.
They cut glass, being virtually identical to diamond on the Mohs (hardness) scale. They refract perfect “hearts and arrows” and have radiance and brilliance readings extremely close to flawless diamond.
Learn more about Diamond Nexus at the company’s website:
http://www.DiamondNexusLabs.com
Other Diamond Simulants: cubic zirconia, Moissanite, Russian Brilliants, white sapphire and white topaz.
Cubic Zirconia
Popular, abundant and inexpensive, Cubic Zirconia (CZ) is make from zirconium oxide, and has been around since the late 1970s.
High quality CZ’s are actually a very good diamond simulant. It has a hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs Scale. CZ is virtually flawless and often out-shines all but the most expensive diamonds in clarity and brilliance. Because CZ is widely available, it is one of today’s most popular stones for creating attractive-yet-inexpensive, diamond-look-alike jewelry. Cubic zirconia is used in rings, pendants, bracelets, earrings, other pieces where you might find diamonds.
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Other Diamond Simulants: Moissanite, Russian Brilliants, Diamond Nexus, white sapphire, white topaz