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How Do Diamond Testers Work and Are They Reliable?

Diamond testers are portable devices that use heat or electrical conductivity to determine if a gemstone is a real diamond or not. They work by detecting how quickly heat or electricity moves through the stone. Diamond testers are reliable and are commonly used by jewelers to authenticate diamonds when buying, selling, or repairing jewelry. The latest models test for both heat and electrical conductivity for greater accuracy in distinguishing diamonds from similar stones like moissanite.

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How Do Diamond Testers Work and Are They Reliable?

Diamond testers are portable devices that use heat or electrical conductivity to determine if a gemstone is a real diamond or not. They work by detecting how quickly heat or electricity moves through the stone. Diamond testers are reliable and are commonly used by jewelers to authenticate diamonds when buying, selling, or repairing jewelry. The latest models test for both heat and electrical conductivity for greater accuracy in distinguishing diamonds from similar stones like moissanite.

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How Do Diamond Testers Work and Are They Reliable?

You might have heard that there are a lot of ways to tell whether a diamond is real or fake. The problem
is that most of these methods are not 100% reliable. Using a diamond tester, however, is one of the
surest and fastest ways to check if you have an original diamond.

What Are Diamond Testers?

A diamond tester is a portable device that you can put in your pocket. The tester has a small, needle-like
tip that needs to be placed on the stone tested. If the diamond is real, the device indicates that on its
display or with a sound signal.

A diamond tester checking a ring stone for authenticity

How Diamond Testers Work

Diamond testers’ principle of operation is based on the fact that different gemstones conduct heat
differently. Heat will pass through a diamond in a different way than it would through cubic zirconia or
glass.

A diamond tester will detect the rate at which heat moves through the stone and will tell you whether it
is a real diamond.

There are also testers that use electrical conductivity to test stones – they are based on a similar
principle, but they use electricity instead of heat.
Click here to see a collection of diamond testers and jewelry testing kits.

What Are Diamond Testers Used For?

Diamond testers are used by jewelers all the time to check the authenticity of diamonds.

If you bring in your diamond with the intention to sell it or exchange it for another one, the jeweler will
want to make sure your stone is real as this is not always obvious.

See: Selection of eye-clean diamonds vetted for quality

Before repairing a piece of jewelry, it is also critical for a jeweler to know what the stone in the setting is
since different gemstones tolerate heat, pressure and stress differently.

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As a customer, it is a good idea to make the person who repaired your diamond jewelry test the stones
in front of you when you are receiving them.

And if you are not sure that the gemstone you have is a real diamond, you can always go to a jewelry
store and ask to have your stone tested.

Related: Check out this collection of real loose diamonds.

How Reliable Are Diamond Testers?

Diamond testers are one of the most accurate tools to check a diamond for authenticity.
However, you should know that testers that rely on thermal conductivity can mistake a moissanite for a
diamond because these two stones are very similar in the way they conduct heat.

This problem is solved by using a device that uses electrical conductivity to test stones – diamonds and
moissanites conduct electricity differently.

Related: Check out this selection of real diamond jewelry.

What Makes a Good Diamond Tester?

If you’ve decided that you want to buy a diamond tester, there are several things you should be looking
for.

First, make sure that the device uses electrical conductivity in order to tell a diamond from a moissanite.
The latest models available on the market combine heat/electricity testing for greater accuracy.

Another good feature is having a metal detector that signals if you accidentally touch part of the metal
setting instead of the stone.

If your tester doesn’t recognize metal, it can indicate that you are holding a real diamond when you
unknowingly touch the setting, even if the diamond itself is fake.

Click here to see diamond tester offers.

Where to Buy Genuine Diamonds?

We recommend James Allen (read review) because you can take a 360-degree look at any diamond
before buying it.
We also recommend Blue Nile (review) and Ross-Simons.

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