A diamond simulant is a man-made gemstone that imitates the appearance of a natural diamond.
3. What is CZ?
CZ is the short form for “Cubic Zirconia” which is the most widely used imitation diamond in the jewelry business today. Cubic zirconia is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide ZrO2. This material is hard, optically flawless and usually colorless, but may be made in a variety of different colors.
4. What are the advantages of a cubic zirconia?
Cost: Because of its low cost, synthetic cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important competitor for diamonds since 1976.
Safety: Cubic Zirconia jewelry is also used for making copies of expensive diamond jewelry for purposes of protection from theft in a window display as well as when a person wears it.
Quality: It has the durability, and close visual likeness to diamond.
5. What are the advantages of Diamantine?
The advantages are the above mentioned plus the Diamantine is coated with a thin-film of highly dense nano-crystalline diamond particles.
