Amatuer crafted Diamond Bracelet.
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Sorry, fake or faux diamonds. Are they real diamonds? Are you sure? How do you know?
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If you think it’s real and you want to know what it might be worth, than get it appraised. But you might want to first use a diamond tester to ensure it is in fact real.
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Can you show the back please?
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Hi Cali!
I am sorry to say that I have to agree with the other posters. I don't think that this is a real diamond bracelet for a few reasons.
1. The stones don't look to be reflecting light, like a diamond, even a poorly cut diamond.
2. The quality of the setting. It's hard to judge scale because there is no reference in the photos,, but 7 inches is a pretty standard bracelet length. Assuming the bracelet is somewhen in that range. there are at least 3 very large diamonds in the center and several significant sized stones surrounding them and 68what appear to be at least 20 pointers. This bracelet would have some serious carat weight to it and would be very unlikely to be in such a setting.
I am sorry to say that I have to agree with the other posters. I don't think that this is a real diamond bracelet for a few reasons.
1. The stones don't look to be reflecting light, like a diamond, even a poorly cut diamond.
2. The quality of the setting. It's hard to judge scale because there is no reference in the photos,, but 7 inches is a pretty standard bracelet length. Assuming the bracelet is somewhen in that range. there are at least 3 very large diamonds in the center and several significant sized stones surrounding them and 68what appear to be at least 20 pointers. This bracelet would have some serious carat weight to it and would be very unlikely to be in such a setting.
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Really? They look stunning - real museum quality! Definitely get it appraised and fully insured.
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From your photos, they look like Rhinestones, or foil backs as they are sometimes called. If you turn the bracelet over and the backs have what looks to be gold foil on the backs of the diamonds, you will have your proof. Sometimes the backs will be completely enclosed, and that too is a strong hint that they are not diamonds.
When I was a young boy, I used to buy some Rhinestone jewelry for my mom for every birthday, Christmas, Valentines day etc. She had a glass sided box full of these that she let all of her grandchildren play with. When I saw my daughter playing with them one day and asked my mom where she got them and she told me from me, I suddenly realized my love affair with "Sparkly Things," started much younger than I had thought...
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When I was a young boy, I used to buy some Rhinestone jewelry for my mom for every birthday, Christmas, Valentines day etc. She had a glass sided box full of these that she let all of her grandchildren play with. When I saw my daughter playing with them one day and asked my mom where she got them and she told me from me, I suddenly realized my love affair with "Sparkly Things," started much younger than I had thought...
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@tyty333 you need to always clarify terms for the uninitiated. Paste as in what you ate as a kid in nursery school? Or paste as in cut and paste on a computer? Sheesh!
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I’ll tell you my first diamond experience / thoughts.
I though the stars in the sky at night were diamonds. And I thought that was how we got diamonds on earth, falling stars landing on earth.
As a 6 year old and seeing a falling star and thinking I knew where it had landed I was begging my Daddy to drive me in the car to where it had landed so I could get it.
Apparently was inconsolable and my Dad then bought me a book on diamonds (like a geology textbook) and we read it together so I could understand that diamonds were formed underground.
At age 7 we were on holidays and I decided that this rocky outcrop was an “igneous extrusive rock formation” and promptly gathered up about 20 kilos of rocks which I wanted Dad to put in the boot and take home so I could break them open to find the diamonds!
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Are you sure they are inclusions or are they fractures within the stones?
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What a sweet story Bron. Your father sounds like he was a great guy. So nice that he helped you pursue your interest!
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Is there a question in here somewhere?
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There are many questions here... lol
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I mean a question from Cali. This looks like a 'show and tell' thread. That's fine, but it seems to have gone for a bit of a detour down the road of stone identification.
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@denverappraiser Cali had asked if it was worth getting appraised.
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Worth soliciting an objective authority’s informed opinion before jumping to conclusions, emotionally investing in those conclusions, and threading health and welfare through those conclusions?
Good grief, yes, please get it appraised.
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