[Telepathic Intruder]

Apart from their cost, diamonds are in fact beautiful. Their dirty little trick is that they have a higher refractive index than just about any other crystalline substance, which is what makes them “sparkle”. And the covalent bond holding the lattice structure together essentially makes a whole diamond one gigantic molecule, which is what makes them so hard. I’d like to have a 10 carat one just to look at and another to sell.

[Swordmaker]

Apart from their cost, diamonds are in fact beautiful. Their dirty little trick is that they have a higher refractive index than just about any other crystalline substance, which is what makes them “sparkle”. And the covalent bond holding the lattice structure together essentially makes a whole diamond one gigantic molecule, which is what makes them so hard. I’d like to have a 10 carat one just to look at and another to sell.

I have a 15.45 carat solitaire black diamond ring I wear. . . Truth. Rose gold and Tungsten Carbide. My girlfriend has a 6.5 carat black diamond with 28 champagne diamonds in yellow gold I designed for her. They're our "unmarriage" rings.

My ring.

Her ring.

I designed them, provided the stones, and had them made by AK jewelers in Sacramento, CA. I have a larger black diamond I trying to figure out what to do with. . . It's 92 carats. . . about an inch and an eighth in diameter.

Actual size 92 carat unmounted black diamond

I'm thinking gearshift knob, cane topper, maybe club knob! Got any other ideas?

[Swordmaker]

Apart from their cost, diamonds are in fact beautiful. Their dirty little trick is that they have a higher refractive index than just about any other crystalline substance, which is what makes them “sparkle”.

Another gem stone has 2.45 times the refraction of a diamond and It's almost as hard. With birefringent qualities, the flare of a Moissanite is more colorful as well as being brighter and more sparkly than a diamond. With a Mohs hardness rating of 9.4, it will scratch anything except a diamond. An electronic diamond tester will show a Moissanite to be a diamond when tested. A jeweler can easily recognize the difference because of the superior refractive quality of the Moissanite, I.e., they're prettier!