Anyone else see this?

[DejaWiz]

Looks like confetti made from chopped up CDs.

That's a highly guarded secret!

 

[Johnbt]

Eleven pages of more than I wanted to know.

"This article describes recent work performed by a research team at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, to influence the path of light return in a diamond—and thus enhance the perceived fire—by patterning small areas of its facet surfaces with a high-resolution diffraction grating using a proprietary, patent-pending method that combines microlithography and plasma etching"

www.gia.edu/doc/Winter-2009-Gems-Gemology-Diffraction-Gratings-Dispersion-Fire-Diamonds.pdf

"CUTTING DIFFRACTION GRATINGS TO IMPROVE DISPERSION (“FIRE”) IN DIAMONDS
- Al Gilbertson, Benjamin Gudlewski, Mary Johnson, George Maltezos, Axel Scherer, and James Shigley"

 

[Platinumplus]

Okay, y’all made me drive to the mall… Verdict? Meh.

Very bright and colorful under the pinpoint lighting. (Sorry for the blurry picture!)
But the *regular* diamonds were also bright and colorful under the pinpoints. I actually mistook some regular diamonds in the next case for the Leo First Light diamonds.

Much, much less noticeable under natural light.

I also took some video which I will link just as soon as I figure out how to do that!

 

[Platinumplus]

Video under pinpoint light:

Video under natural light:

 

[whiterabbit]

Platinumplus you're the mvp!
I mean, I'm actually not mad at them. But I love some color and sparkle!
I've decided I shouldn't be so judgemental after realizing my moissy and diamonds do the same thing in my kitchen.

 

[petrock<3]

I think the fire is pretty but I would for sure get a moissanite instead.
It’s funny how we’re cutting moissanites to be more like diamonds and diamonds to be more like moissanites lol.

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

@Platinumplus you ROCK.

I actually kind of like it.

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

I think the fire is pretty but I would for sure get a moissanite instead.
It’s funny how we’re cutting moissanites to be more like diamonds and diamonds to be more like moissanites lol.

Totally agree. I do not own much moissanite but for the couple pieces I have the whole point of getting them was rainbow-rainbow-rainbow.