{"id":9911,"date":"2020-09-19T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=9911"},"modified":"2020-09-19T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T20:01:26","slug":"can-diamond-testers-be-fooled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/can-diamond-testers-be-fooled\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN YOU FOOL A DIAMOND TESTER?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Can-Diamond-Testers-Be-Fooled.gif\" alt=\"Can Diamond Testers Be Wrong?\" title=\"Can Diamond Testers Be Wrong?\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9912\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Can diamond testers be <strong>wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can diamond testers be <strong>fooled?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>ABSOLUTELY!<\/h2>\n<p>\nYou can have a stone that&#8217;s not a diamond <strong>beep just like a diamond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn fact, a lot of jewelry stores and customers in the last ten years have probably bought diamonds that weren&#8217;t real, <strong>and never knew it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nLikewise, you can test a genuine diamond in a ring, and have it buzz like it&#8217;s not a real stone.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Diamond testers are not perfect<\/strong>, and there are many ways they fail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The battery inside the unit may be <strong>dying<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You could <strong>accidentally <\/strong>hit a prong<\/li>\n<li>The so-called diamond could be a <strong>Moissanite<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The tip could be <strong>loose<\/strong>, bent or worn down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>Maybe the tester got <strong>wet<\/strong>?<\/strong> A little spilled coffee?<\/p>\n<p><h2>Maybe the batteries were corroded?<\/h2>\n<p>\nMaybe you&#8217;re <strong>pushing too hard<\/strong> on the tester, or you have it bent at an odd angle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>You just never know!<\/h2>\n<p>\nOften I&#8217;ll test a stone a couple of times just to be sure. And if the stone is questionable, I&#8217;ll probably check it with 2 diamond testers just to be <strong>positive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nBecause a faulty or wrong reading could <strong>cost you thousands!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Moissanite stones:<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Moissanite reads like a diamond on old testers<\/strong>. Moissanites are man-made diamond look-a-likes that started showing up on the market about <strong>20 years ago<\/strong>. These stones actually did test positive for a diamond on testers that the jewelers had.<\/p>\n<p>\nMany stones raised a few eyebrows because they didn&#8217;t look quite right. Many jewelers would <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kwSI5G\">loupe the stones<\/a>, look at the brilliance and light distribution and really debate if the stones were real or not. The tester said it was, but their appearance made them <strong>doubt the reading<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nPlus, these new Moissanite stones weren&#8217;t as white as most diamonds were (they are now). They had a yellowish tint to them which helped raise more concern. I remember customers trying to sell these created diamonds to us as <strong>natural diamonds<\/strong>&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\nAnd I&#8217;m sure a lot of jewelers at that time unsuspectingly bought them and then <strong>resold them<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Who knew?<\/h2>\n<p>\nOnly after reading about the <strong>up-and-coming Moissanites<\/strong>, what they were, and how they needed a different diamond tester to accurately read them did jewelers order them in. Regular testers tested stones for <strong>thermal conductivity<\/strong> (the transference of heat). The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ccPkZL5\">new diamond\/Moissanite testers<\/a> test for <strong>electrical conductivity<\/strong>. This separates the diamonds from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/what-is-moissanite-is-it-a-diamond\/\">Moissanites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>It really was a scary thing!!!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><h2>Diamond testers COULD be fooled!<\/h2>\n<p>The stone could be a Moissanite, a diamond or <strong>something entirely different<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nYou could have a Moissanite in your ring right now and <strong>never know it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nUnless your local jeweler has an up-to-date diamond tester that also tests for Moissanite, <strong>you could be in for a little surprise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nBoth kinds of diamond testers are on the market today. If you&#8217;re buying a stone or selling a stone, it may be wise to <strong>have it tested<\/strong>. Ask them if their tester accurately identifies Moissanites. <strong>Moissanite stones are NOT the same price as genuine diamonds<\/strong> (see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RUJinj\">Moissanites HERE on Amazon<\/a>). They are usually about <strong>half the price.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nYou could <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ccPkZL5\">buy a tester<\/a> for yourself if you&#8217;re questioning your stone, or questioning the purchase or even the jeweler. <\/p>\n<p><h2>Cheap beeps:<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheap testers<\/strong>, that test for only diamond, run around $15 and up. Testers that <strong>also test for Moissanite<\/strong> might run up to <strong>$100<\/strong>. But, when we&#8217;re talking about stones that could be in the thousands, it&#8217;s a small price to pay for <strong>peace of mind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nPick one up at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ccPkZL5\">Amazon<\/a> <strong>today<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Can diamond testers be wrong? Can diamond testers be fooled? ABSOLUTELY! You can have a stone that&#8217;s not a diamond beep just like a diamond. In fact, a lot of jewelry stores and customers in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/can-diamond-testers-be-fooled\/\" title=\"CAN YOU FOOL A DIAMOND TESTER?\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-gemstones","category-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}