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<p>[QUOTE="Coin Talk User, post: 2965902, member: 90165"]Diamond testers were built to separate CZs from diamonds, since they look nearly the same. CZ has very low thermal conductivity while diamond has very high conductivity. Sapphire and moissanite have high conductivity too. Occasionally sapphire of any color may test as diamond [topaz too] but their optical properties are much lower than diamond so the tester would know the difference and disregard. Find a trained gemologist if you want to be sure of a stone's identity. Sometimes jewelers don't know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Coin Talk User, post: 2965902, member: 90165"]Diamond testers were built to separate CZs from diamonds, since they look nearly the same. CZ has very low thermal conductivity while diamond has very high conductivity. Sapphire and moissanite have high conductivity too. Occasionally sapphire of any color may test as diamond [topaz too] but their optical properties are much lower than diamond so the tester would know the difference and disregard. Find a trained gemologist if you want to be sure of a stone's identity. Sometimes jewelers don't know.[/QUOTE]
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