Diamond simulants are manufactured to look like diamonds but are composed of very different materials.
Vvs diamond simulates.
They are real diamonds but not grown by mother nature.
Vvs1 the higher grade and vvs2.
Vvs stands for very very slightly included and is the next best clarity grade after internally flawless.
The vvs category can be split further into two grades.
Diamonds throughout the world are graded and valued based on cut color carat and clarity also known as the 4c s.
Diamonds graded vvs have inclusions that are so slight that even a trained gemologist has a hard time seeing them under a 10x loupe.
Enhanced diamonds are also excluded from this definition.
Vvs diamonds are found in the higher tier of the clarity grading scale and are often sold as top quality diamonds.
Simulated sounds like similar.
Sadly many consumers fall into the beginner s trap of buying a vvs diamond because of misconceptions about diamond clarity.
The most well known option is cubic zirconia or cz which is a crystal form of zirconium oxide.
Clarity grades are determined based on the number of scratches blemishes or bits of mineral deposits on the surface of or within a diamond.
A diamond simulant may be artificial natural or in some.
Synthetic diamonds are also known as laboratory grown diamonds laboratory created diamonds cultured diamonds or cultivated diamonds.
In many cases uneducated shoppers are misled by salespeople into thinking a higher clarity color grade automatically translates into better.
And here is a simple way to help you remember.