Would you prefer CZ's for diamonds?

I’ll take the one that doesn’t strengthen the human slave trade, please.

No, that whole thing about diamond merchants can’t tell this difference is nonsense. I have worn a CZ right next to my antique diamond, and believe me, there is a huge difference. There is nothing as beautiful as a genuine diamond.

However, I would also be happy with a genuine star sapphire, or a fire opal.

It’s just a rock. The only reason I would ever buy either one is because for some reason my wife (and women in general) is programmed to really really really like shiny rocks.

If I could convince her that a CZ was a real diamond and it looked shiny forever then I’d go with the CZ… but obviously the diamond stands the test of time whereas the CZ does not. Unfortunately I’m doomed to pay for real diamonds. (nevermind the giant flatscreen tv I could have bought instead)

It depends on how high maintenance your woman is, to be honest. I’ve been engaged for 3 years, and have worn a CZ as my engagement ring the entire time, with no personal objection to the idea. However, as NaturalMineralWater said, CZ’s do get dull after a while, even with cleaning, whereas diamonds do not. My fiance feels very insecure about the ring I wear, and wants to get me a giant diamond engagement ring to replace it, but I would be afraid to wear something so expensive. If I ever lost it I would feel absolutely awful. As far as I’m concerned, a pretty CZ ring is perfectly fine. However, if you give a woman a CZ and tell her it’s a diamond, she WILL eventually catch you in the lie, and the relationship will suffer. So, if she is ok with it, a CZ is a perfectly acceptable alternative, as long as your woman is on board with the idea. But remember, it doesn’t take a jeweler to tell the difference. If you can hold it up to a piece of paper with typing on it, and read the words through the stone, it’s a CZ. If it refracts and you can no longer tell that there are letters or words on the page, it’s a diamond. It’s a simple test that anyone can do, so don’t expect to get away with a lie.

CZ (Cubic Zirconia), though brittle, is harder than genuine diamond.

There’s also a considerable difference in the sparkle of the two stones. The sparkle of Cubic Zirconia is not clear and reflects multiple colors while diamond simple reflects light and not colors.

I would prefer Diamonds more than CZ because of the durability and the genuine glitter of the diamonds

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Steph

You can get diamonds from Canada.

There is no comparison. That said, diamonds are not my favorite gems. I like color.

Some years ago, my father bought my mother a 1 carat solitaire diamond. About the same time, some marketing company sent her a $24.95 1 carat cubic zirconia ring. You could tell the difference if you looked at them side by side, but the cubic zirconia ring got far more compliments than the diamond ring. People go for flashy over subtle.

As far as my own preference: I can’t see myself wearing either, and if I had the money to spend on a diamond ring, I’d probably spend it on something else I’d enjoy more.

CZ, hands down. A diamond may be more “beautiful” but the costs (societal and monitary) are too high.

I’ll take the real thing please and thank you.

Diamond is my birthstone and also my least favorite stone. I love color and prefer stones with color. When it came to my engagement ring, I did want diamond because I have hopes of passing it to my son, so he can give it to the woman he proposes to, later in life. That’s way down the road!

I do have a ring that is CZ, I don’t pass it off as real, my friends know, but think it’s a beautiful ring. I wear it on my right hand and have for several years, now. So far, it’s holding up just fine.

I guess, for the purpose that I wanted mine, I wanted the real thing – but it didn’t have to break the bank. My diamond came from Canada.

I collect Native American jewelry set with semi-precious stones like turquoise, opal and coral (my coral pieces are vintage) and prefer the artistry of those pieces in their entirety, but the few diamond rings I have are all real as are the three large stones in the ring I gave @sccrowell.

I only buy diamonds made in laboratories. They are exactly the same durability as mined diamonds, but they have no inclusions, and a higher brilliance, and they aren’t mined by enslaved people in Third World countries. They are also about ten times cheaper. Who needs cubic zirconia when you can have this instead?

I’m with @evelyns_pet_zebra
I have a beautiful manufactured diamond ring that no one died for, as far as we can tell and no, no one can tell the difference between it and ‘real’ diamonds…my jeweler said it’d be worth $10000 if it were mined but we got it under $100 and all I’ve received are compliments especially from my diamond obsessed friends and colleagues ..you should see the looks on their faces when I tell them it cost us nothing

Yes I would. I strongly oppose the real diamond industry, as they have killed and abused their way to the top. I also embrace scientific advances, and I would be more than proud to wear (and flaunt) a lab-grown diamond.

Who would prefer cz’s over diamonds? I’ve never heard of that.