Simulated sounds like similar.
Vvs diamond simulates.
Sadly many consumers fall into the beginner s trap of buying a vvs diamond because of misconceptions about diamond clarity.
The vvs category can be split further into two grades.
The most well known option is cubic zirconia or cz which is a crystal form of zirconium oxide.
Although simulants share some similarities in appearance to a diamond they are generally readily identifiable as stand ins.
A diamond simulant may be artificial natural or in some.
Diamonds graded vvs have inclusions that are so slight that even a trained gemologist has a hard time seeing them under a 10x loupe.
In many cases uneducated shoppers are misled by salespeople into thinking a higher clarity color grade automatically translates into better.
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.
Clarity grades are determined based on the number of scratches blemishes or bits of mineral deposits on the surface of or within a diamond.
And here is a simple way to help you remember.
Vvs1 the higher grade and vvs2.
Vvs stands for very very slightly included and is the next best clarity grade after internally flawless.
A diamond simulant diamond imitation or imitation diamond is an object or material with gemological characteristics similar to those of a diamond simulants are distinct from synthetic diamonds which are actual diamonds having the same material properties as natural diamonds.
Synthetic diamonds are also known as laboratory grown diamonds laboratory created diamonds cultured diamonds or cultivated diamonds.
They are real diamonds but not grown by mother nature.