Some things about moissanite diamond colors

In our daily life, besides the white Lab Moissanite diamonds and grey moissanite stone that we can see everyday, there are also blue, green, gray, black, golden color, aquamarine, pink, etc. White moissanite diamonds can be divided into super white, excellent white and normal white according to the clarity level. The higher the clarity, the more translucent the color. The higher the clarity, the brighter the color. The other is coated.

Most of the natural moissanite diamonds are green, champagne yellow (reddish yellow), black, coffee, etc., while the other moissanite diamonds with brighter colors are The other more vibrant Moissanite colors are basically artificially coated.

What is artificial coating?

In simple terms, it is a coating on the surface of a colorless stone, which can be either polycrystalline diamond or hard carbon. The coating can be a polycrystalline diamond or a hard carbon coating, which turns the stone into the desired color and enhances its appearance to attract the consumer's attention.

For example, the pink A pink moissanite is a pink color created by coating. These artificially coated colored moissanite diamonds can change color if burned with fire. It is possible that the color will change and fade, and the color will only last for a year or so. This is also This is the reason why some of the colored moissanite diamonds that you have purchased have lost their color.

How to tell if the moissanite diamond you bought has been coated?

1. Testing organization. You can go through the institution that specializes in testing moissanite diamonds, because we can't tell the difference with the naked eye, but only through professional equipment testing, in order to understand clearly.

2. Burning. You can use fire to test. After the coating layer is burned, it will come off from the Moissanite diamond.

3. Time. In addition to the above two methods, it is only through the test of time, after wearing for a long time, if the Moissanite diamond appears to lose color, then it is coated Moissanite diamond.