Unsure of whether your sparkler is a synthetic? Turn to one of these methods to check. Reviewed by Sandy Ip When you're first examining your own diamond or that of a loved one, you may take notice of ...

Credence Systems has introduced the DD1096-32 digital instrument with 32-Mbit deep reconfigurable parallel vector memory for use with the company’s Diamond IC testers. Using the 96-channel DD1096-32 ...

In the past, one of the most common techniques to test if a diamond was real or synthetic was to scratch the gem against glass — if the glass is scraped or scratched, the diamond's real. But this ...

Determining the authenticity of a diamond requires professional equipment and a highly trained eye. At-home tests do exist—from the fog test to the water-drop test—but the only way to be sure is by ...