Comment on Diamond market

jherazob@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Moisannaite gives the most rainbows, and I think they are gorgeous.

  But I do love the sparkle of diamonds, and sometimes prefer it. Fortunately synthetic ones are easy to come by.

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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is that a difference in the material, or is the Moissanite cut differently?

  If Moissanaite just does that, then damn, that’s pretty.

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  • jherazob@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Moissanite is a completely different substance than diamond, it’s a silicon carbide crystal, and it’s also made synthetically so no worries about exploitation mining, it’s also cheaper

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m asking about the light. The lightshow produced by a crystal is down to both the optical properties of the material, but also the geometry of how it was cut.

      The image is really cool, but it only demonstrates a difference if the Moissanite was cut into the exact same shape as the diamonds.

      A prism doesn’t split light becayse of the material its made of, but because of its shape.

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      • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Moissanite has a marginally higher index of refraction than diamond so the “ideal” cutting geometry would be different. This looks like a misleading demonstration intended to market something. They appear nearly identical in normal conditions

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      • UID_Zero@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Isn’t it both shape and material? The refractive index of the material is important in determining how much the light bends at the interface.

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      • jherazob@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Ah, i misunderstood, yeah, there’s got to be some rigging in that demo pic now that you mention it, however if Moissanite is essentially a drop-in replacement for diamonds in jewelry that is cheaper and looks even slightly nicer, which seems to be the case, then all should be well, doubly so if it kills the profits of De Beers. I’d ask to see the contrast IN PERSON if i was shopping for rings today though, nothing beats that.

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    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      no worries about exploitation

      Until De Beers starts synthesizing it.

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      • Bronzebeard@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yeah what conditions are these scientists working under?

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Really? I always thought it looked gaudy. Maybe that’s because people just get comically large ones that would cost more than a house if they were diamond.

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I honestly couldn’t care less about the rocks.

      But pretty colors are pretty colors.

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