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THOSE AREN’T DIAMONDS, THEY’RE BLOBS

ARE THERE GOLD BLOBS IN YOUR JEWELRY INSTEAD OF DIAMONDS?

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Those are NOT Diamonds, they're Gold Blobs

Are you sure your diamond jewelry has real diamonds in it?

Better get out the microscope or 10x jeweler’s loupe and check.

You’d be surprised at how many have fake diamonds in them.

Fake diamonds?

A lot of people think their jewelry is filled with beautiful diamonds, but come to find out, those aren’t diamonds, they are globs of gold.

Yes! That’s right.

Globs or blobs of beaded white gold, that’s highly polished to reflect light (see picture).

Gold blobs:

Upon closer inspection, you’ll see that what you thought were diamonds, are not. It all depends on the type of merchandise you bought, of course. But a lot, is not.

You see, lower quality jewelry, or lower priced jewelry is known for skimping on the goods. Cheap jewelry will often have thin sanks, thin prongs, low-grade gems (some are even chipped), and hollowed out mountings.

Low quality jewelry, like rings, pendants and bracelets will usually be made of 10kt gold instead of 14kt gold as well.

And one of the best and most efficient ways for manufacturers to cut corners, is to slack on diamonds.

Jewelry makers do neat little tricks, like setting in white gold plates that look like heads, and dabbing a glob of gold in the center of it to resemble a diamond.

At a quick glance, it does look like something is there. But usually they’re so small, it’s hard to tell the difference.

One good way to hide this disappearing act, is to throw in a couple of real diamonds in the mix. Alternate the diamonds and globs gives the illusion of diamonds everywhere.

Does it fool?

They do this in rings, earrings, pendants and even tennis bracelets of lower quality. So does it really fool people? Yes, it does.

It makes the jewelry sparkle, shine and of course sell.

But the real purpose, is just to cut down the cost.

Fraud?

No! Not in the least.

They’re not hiding the fact that it’s a blob of gold. After all, you wanted a piece of jewelry for a low price… you got it.

One good thing, if it fooled you, it’ll fool others as well. When it comes to cutting costs, every trick in the book is used.

And even though most of these jewelry items do have genuine diamonds, they are normally quite small and very low quality. Plus most are single cut diamonds (that’s diamonds with just a couple of facets on them).

And when I talk about small diamonds, I mean it.

Generally they are only a couple of points a piece. But by adding in these couple points of diamonds, it gives the jewelers the opportunity to list the jewelry as “diamond“… and also markup the price.

So if you’re in the market for diamond accessories, make sure you microscope or loupe the jewelry before you buy it.

Otherwise, you may get stuck paying for globs of gold instead.

Cheers! :)




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Recommended Jewelry Supplies:

Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner Jewelry Steam Cleaner
Complete Jewelry Cleaner Kit Diamond Dazzle Stick
Gold Silver Jewelry Polishing Cloths Jewelry Making Supplies Kit
Gold Acid Test Kit Watch Tool Repair Kit
Ring Adjusters EMT Emergency Ring Cutter
10x Jewelers Loupe Jewelers Microscope

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