I think I've found a diamond, what should I do?

[marctwo]

Dropped some small plastic parts when getting out of the car today. Went back and looked underneath and found the parts and also what appears to be a brilliant cut diamond. It's fairly small, maybe around 0.3 carats, and seems quite sparkly.

So, firstly, how can I tell it's a real diamond?

Secondly, if it is, what do I do? Thought about posting a note through the doors of everyone on the street but I suspect quite a few people would claim they lost it and, after this post, quite a few of you will too no doubt.

[Iain328]

marctwo said:

Dropped some small plastic parts when getting out of the car today. Went back and looked underneath and found the parts and also what appears to be a brilliant cut diamond. It's fairly small, maybe around 0.3 carats, and seems quite sparkly.

So, firstly, how can I tell it's a real diamond?

Secondly, if it is, what do I do? Thought about posting a note through the doors of everyone on the street but I suspect quite a few people would claim they lost it and, after this post, quite a few of you will too no doubt.

Hit it with a hammer - if its real it'll end up imbedded in the end of your hammer - if not, well, nothing lost really!

[Risotto]

There's a guide here, but how accurate it is, I don't know...

http://www.ehow.com/how_2159782_identify-real-diam...

Edited by Risotto on Sunday 8th February 17:46

[escargot]

Take it to a jewellers.

[Shaw Tarse]

Send it to me.
It's not a diamond & I'll bin it for you

[whitechief]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_tell_if_diamo...

The dot test
This simple visual test will tell you. Diamonds reflect light back out through the top surface (called the table) of the diamond. Cubic Zirconia, or CZ for short, is transparent and reflects the light differently.


Draw a small dot on a clean piece of paper.
Place the diamond / cubic zirconia in question face down on the dot.
Look through the bottom. If it is a real diamond you should not be able to see the dot; the image should be distorted. If your stone is a cubic zirconia (CZ) the dot will become a circle that is clearly visible.

[DIW35]

Iain328 said:

Hit it with a hammer - if its real it'll end up imbedded in the end of your hammer - if not, well, nothing lost really!

Actually if you hit a diamond with a hammer, you will shatter it. I know, I've seen it done!

[fathomfive]

DIW35 said:

Iain328 said:

Hit it with a hammer - if its real it'll end up imbedded in the end of your hammer - if not, well, nothing lost really!

Actually if you hit a diamond with a hammer, you will shatter it. I know, I've seen it done!

You'd just go buy a new hammer though. They're not that expensive.

[thinfourth2]

Have you tryed sucking it to see it is not actually road salt

[robinhood21]

Do it! Post a message through all the letterboxes. Just imagine, all the women coming to your door and showing you their rings, to see if it fits.

[fathomfive]

robinhood21 said:

Do it! Post a message through all the letterboxes. Just imagine, all the women coming to your door and showing you their rings, to see if it fits.

Just imagine trying the method above and asking the ladies if you can suck their rings to see if they taste salty.

[escargot]

fathomfive said:

DIW35 said:

Iain328 said:

Hit it with a hammer - if its real it'll end up imbedded in the end of your hammer - if not, well, nothing lost really!

Actually if you hit a diamond with a hammer, you will shatter it. I know, I've seen it done!

You'd just go buy a new hammer though. They're not that expensive.

[marctwo]

robinhood21 said:

Do it! Post a message through all the letterboxes. Just imagine, all the women coming to your door and showing you their rings, to see if it fits.

I'll have to run that one past the Wife first.

[Pesty]

Get a glass bottle and see if it will scratch it.

[Famous Graham]

If you feel obliged to do the decent thing, by all means drop a note through all the doors, but just say you found "something", and if anyone's lost anything (with a description), get in touch.

[Simpo Two]

I've no idea, but I'm going to drop some small plastic parts and see what happens.

[Hedders]

Famous Graham said:

If you feel obliged to do the decent thing, by all means drop a note through all the doors, but just say you found "something", and if anyone's lost anything (with a description), get in touch.

I might do that too, just for a giggle.

[Sciroccology]

Take it to your dentist and have it embedded into one of your front teeth.

That's dead classy that is.

[Brown and Boris]

whitechief said:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_tell_if_diamo...

The dot test
This simple visual test will tell you. Diamonds reflect light back out through the top surface (called the table) of the diamond. Cubic Zirconia, or CZ for short, is transparent and reflects the light differently.


Draw a small dot on a clean piece of paper.
Place the diamond / cubic zirconia in question face down on the dot.
Look through the bottom. If it is a real diamond you should not be able to see the dot; the image should be distorted. If your stone is a cubic zirconia (CZ) the dot will become a circle that is clearly visible.

Mossanaite does al that too.

[whitechief]

Brown and Boris said:

whitechief said:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_tell_if_diamo...

The dot test
This simple visual test will tell you. Diamonds reflect light back out through the top surface (called the table) of the diamond. Cubic Zirconia, or CZ for short, is transparent and reflects the light differently.


Draw a small dot on a clean piece of paper.
Place the diamond / cubic zirconia in question face down on the dot.
Look through the bottom. If it is a real diamond you should not be able to see the dot; the image should be distorted. If your stone is a cubic zirconia (CZ) the dot will become a circle that is clearly visible.

Mossanaite does al that too.

Well it will at least rule out Cubic Zirconia