![]() ![]() Recently, consumers that choose cubic zirconia jewelry often feel good that their gemstone didn’t require mining. It’s difficult to scratch or damage a diamond, even if worn daily. In comparison, real diamonds are meant to last a lifetime and beyond with proper care and cleaning. Cubic zirconia will get scratched and age over time. If worn every day, cubic zirconia most likely won’t last more than three years. But it is not as hard or as durable as a diamond, which rates as a 10 on the same scale.Īs far as durability goes, if worn occasionally, cubic zirconia could last up to ten years. Diamond DurabilityĬubic zirconia is slightly harder than most gemstones - it rates an 8 on the Mohs scale which measures a gemstone’s durability. With VRAI, real lab-grown diamonds are available at more accessible diamond prices and are crafted to last forever, without human or environmental toll. No mining companies, cartels, or other middlemen are paid during the creation and production of VRAI created diamonds and jewelry. Our lab-grown diamonds are grown in our zero-emission foundry. This is not due to a difference in quality, but because VRAI is a vertically integrated company. While lab-grown VRAI created diamonds are more expensive than cubic zirconia, they are less expensive than mined diamonds. But its low quality and effect on the environment are deterrents for many shoppers. ![]() This is why some consumers have chosen cubic zirconia. One carat of a diamond is roughly equal in price to seventy-five carats of cubic zirconia. Cubic zirconia does not refract light in the same manner and will have little to no brilliance at all.Ĭubic zirconia is astonishingly inexpensive. When a diamond moves, white light appears to be bouncing around inside from one facet to the other. This display of white light inside a diamond is something that cubic zirconia cannot replicate. The light interacting with the diamond’s multiple surfaces is its brilliance. Light enters a diamond and is then reflected off its interior surfaces, called facets. A diamond’s brilliance comes from its ability to bend, or refract, light. The term jewelers and gemologists use to describe sparkle, however, is brilliance. Diamond “Sparkle”Ī diamond’s “sparkle” is unmistakable. Cubic zirconia is a synthetic diamond.īelow, we’ll further break down the differences between cubic zirconia and lab-grown diamonds. ![]() Lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds, made of the same material and graded on the same scale as mined diamonds. The chemical composition and the value of cubic zirconia is inferior to lab-grown diamonds. But if you place a lab-grown diamond next to cubic zirconia, the difference between the two is immediately noticeable. To an untrained eye, cubic zirconia might look similar to a diamond, which is why consumers choose cubic zirconia for more affordable jewelry and engagement rings. ![]() They are made from carbon and form under high temperatures and immense pressure, just like mined diamonds.Ĭubic zirconia is made from zirconium dioxide. Lab-grown diamonds share the same optical, physical, and chemical properties as mined diamonds. This is because lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds and cubic zirconia is not a diamond. Myth: Cubic Zirconia and Lab-Grown Diamonds Are the SameĬubic zirconia and lab-grown diamonds are not the same. As such, it’s always colorless and doesn’t have natural inclusions like diamonds do. Cubic zirconia is man-made with a different formation process than real diamonds. While cubic zirconia is measured in carats, each carat of cubic zirconia is actually smaller than a real diamond of the same carat size because cubic zirconia is denser.įor cubic zirconia, color, and clarity do not apply. Higher-scale cubic zirconia, such as AAA, is used as a diamond simulant in engagement rings.Ĭubic zirconia is priced according to its quality grade and carat weight. Cubic zirconia with a 1A grade is commonly used for small embellishments on jewelry. It has its own criteria for determining quality and pricing as it can be cut and faceted in the same way as a diamond.Ĭubic zirconia is graded on quality by the “A” scale, from AAAAA or 5A (the highest grade) to 1A (the lowest). Cubic zirconia is not graded in the same way as diamonds. ![]()
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