Diamond market

[uid_zero@infosec.pub]

Isn't it both shape and material? The refractive index of the material is important in determining how much the light bends at the interface.

[tonytonychopper@mander.xyz]

Moissanite has a marginally higher index of refraction than diamond so the "ideal" cutting geometry would be different. This looks like a misleading demonstration intended to market something. They appear nearly identical in normal conditions

[mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml]

It was a marketing campaign from De Beers. Where else would it have come from.

[outlierblue@lemmy.ca]

Says the guy who just had his feeling of superiority threatened.

[lyrl@lemm.ee]

I enjoyed your analysis, and appreciate the time you spent on it!

[bronzebeard@lemm.ee]

Imagine thinking normal people don't have hobbies and then acting superior about it on the Internet...

[bronzebeard@lemm.ee]

Yeah what conditions are these scientists working under?

[buzz86us@lemmy.world]

Same with vehicles

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

Me too, just researching gave me so many ideas, even if I never plan to buy one. They're so pretty. Check out the quartz

Some of these vendor sites are crazy expensive but with a little more digging I bet I could find high quality, big beefy stones for under a hundo

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

Moissanite is so pretty. I'm not much of a jewelry guy. And I'm not trans. But I've always wanted to wear lots of pretty sparkly things. I'm having a blast looking through all these fun possibilities. When I was in Atlanta a pedestrian walked by me wearing all white, and dripping in silver chains, he looked like a time traveler, I want to do that but with purple or green. Do you remember where you got your engagement ring stone?

[helpimtrappedonline@lemmy.world]

My brain; "120 years? So the mid 1800s right?....."

[duamerthrax@lemmy.world]

[psychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

i mean my partner just proposed to me recently using a ring pop

[mentaledge@sopuli.xyz]

That's what I was immediately thinking.

Getting pretty colors out of a clear crystal is more about how it was cut, than what it's made of.

Unless it's something like opal that produces lightshows through completely different optical effects.

[mentaledge@sopuli.xyz]

Yes, but a clear crystal is a clear crystal.

If you want to split light you can do what regardless of refractive index (as long as it isn't zero), you'd just need to cut different angles and/or project the light onto a surface that's closer/farther to get the same effect using a different material.

[whatyouneed@lemmy.world]

Use to work opposite a De Beers building that had a helipad on the roof. Choppers were always flying in and out.

Thought it was the CEO coming and going by heli, but turns out they were for diamond shipments. Safer to transport them by air than on the road.

[whatyouneed@lemmy.world]

Considering more than 50% of marriages end in divorce, maybe a worthless symbol is fitting.

[jherazob@beehaw.org]

Ah, i misunderstood, yeah, there's got to be some rigging in that demo pic now that you mention it, however if Moissanite is essentially a drop-in replacement for diamonds in jewelry that is cheaper and looks even slightly nicer, which seems to be the case, then all should be well, doubly so if it kills the profits of De Beers. I'd ask to see the contrast IN PERSON if i was shopping for rings today though, nothing beats that.

[prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works]

Imagine

[test_tickles@lemmy.world]

Have you ever considered glitter as a starting point?