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Independent Lab Results Prove It: Diamond Hybrid® is closest simulant to the real thing.
We hired Intertek Northwest, an independent testing firm with a global presence, to perform Raman analysis on both a Diamond Hybrid® and a natural diamond. The purpose was to show that the Diamond Hybrid®, with its amorphous diamond infusion, readily shows a diamond signature. As you can see above, the Diamond Hybrid® and the natural diamond exhibit a strong spike at nearly the same frequency. This is because both contain SP3 carbon (diamond bonds), and this spike is something no other diamond simulant can show. No other diamond simulant has this level of diamond bonds deeply integrated to produce the “feel” of real diamond.
We know of no other simulant that employs a form of amorphous diamond pure enough to easily register under standard Raman microspectroscopy. This is why we note that Diamond Hybrid® is the diamond world’s equivalent to the cultured pearl. Just as a pearl has an inner non-precious core with an outer layer of nacre, Diamond Hybrid® employs an inner non-precious core and an outer layer of amorphous man-made diamond. Independent testing proves it!
Diamond Hybrid® is not a man-made stone, but rather is composed of non-precious core crystals, which are then combined with infused-amorphous diamond, which is man-made. During the creation, a core stone, we call the seed, is wrapped and layered with an amorphous diamond composed of tiny diamond crystals. It is then put into a chamber of intense heat and pressure. This process infuses the diamond crystals into the upper layers of the seed, fusing the diamond crystals together resulting in the final product. Unlike so many other diamond simulants, the Diamond Hybrid® has the same characteristics as diamond. So what you see and what you touch is diamond!
Each Diamond Hybrid® is hand-finished to precision and grades better, in every aspect of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) diamond grading scale, than most diamonds. This level of cutting perfection will only ever be achieved once in every 1000 earth mined diamonds.
Diamond Hybrid® colors are in the normal F-G range and come with a lifetime warranty against color changes or loss of brilliance.