I Think I Found A Diamond Ear Ring

[treasurefiend]

I Think I Found A Diamond Ear Ring yesterday and dismissed it as junk, today I washed some of the mud and crud off of it, and MAN IT IS WHITE AND SPARKLY!!!!!! I showed my friends and they all agree that they think it is a real diamond!!! I took a lot of pictures and I even used my scanner, but sadly the pictures don't even come close to the real thing. biased on these pic's, do you think its real??? I found it like 20 min after the gold ring(also on the tobaggon hill). The edges are sharp crisp, and the mount is kinda heavy duty for a junk ear ring. Also if you look at the 1st pic, the stone is floating ( what I mean is that the 4 prongs of the mount is the only contat the base has, you can clearly see the point of the stone in that pic) I don't remember what it sounded on, I just barely remember picking it up and tossing it in my collection bag. I want to go to a jewelery shop and have them look at it to be sure. My friend at work said that the rock is worth around $500, lol, twice as much as the gold ring!!!! I was so excited about the ring, I almost threw this back!!!! A jeweler will tell me for sure what it is.

 

[treasurefiend]

All of the pic's are dark because I had to get so close to the earing to snap a shot without it being blury. The scanned pic is ok, but it doesn't do it any justice at all.

 

[scsomike]

got an old piece of glass you can try and get an edge up against? a true diamond will scratch/cut/etch glass!

 

[treasurefiend]

I just tried it on my bathroom mirror, [size=x-large]IT SCRACHED THE HELL OUT OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

 

[Goes4ever]

a jewelry store will be able to tell you in 5 seconds with a diamond tester, real diamonds give off heat

 

[awhitster]

Fake diamonds will scratch glass also. Based on looking at the setting I am betting it is a fake. But for you I hope it is real. Let us know.

 

[scsomike]

hmm, i didn't realize that a fake would scratch as well. here's a webpage i found with a variety of tests. i particularly like the "fog" method.

http://www.diamondcuttersintl.com/diamond_education/articles/buying_diamonds/realthing.html

 

[awhitster]

This is from the website above. D. After examining the stone, focus in on the stamps inside the setting. A stamp of "10K, 14K, 18K, 585, 750, 900, 950, PT, Plat" indicates the setting is real gold or platinum which gives a better chance that the stone in it is real as well. While you

 

[Uncle Willy]

Nice looking earring. Does it state the gold content on the mounting anywhere? Take it to a jeweler.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

A CZ has about the same hardness as a diamond and will scratch glass.

Bill

 

[jackintexas]

One way to tell without a diamond tester. See what the mounting is made of. If it is 14K gold or platinum there is a good chance it may be gold If it is 10K or no marking it probably is not diamond. Of course I have found several 14K that were not diamond but were CZ.. But for sure they usually don't put diamonds in 10K or ones with no markings. Just my opinion...Jack

 

[dirtdauber]

A good way to RUIN a good DIAMOND is to try to scratch anything. Please do not use a diamond to scratch glass...it does knock off the sharp corners and reduces the value of the DIAMOND!!