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When Marilyn Monroe sang ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friends’ she might have been talking for a lot of women. But then again, she was singing during a period earlier than cubic zirconia. Monroe was singing during the time when expensive diamonds were out of reach of many people, so diamonds were actually just the best friend of the blessed few. At the time Monroe was singing, there had been a lot of interest in imitation diamonds, but items were not quality and also tough to obtain. Who might have believed, then, that two guys dressed in white coats inside a laboratory might revolutionise the jewellery scene, marking the beginning of a growth of product sales of cubic zirconia pendants and ear-rings that would turn cubic zirconia into a desired jewel in its own right?

Obviously, the two researchers had more important issues to be looking into compared to the trivialities of the world of jewellery. They had been actually trying to make cubic zirconia, that had (and has) only ever been found once in its naturally created state, synthetically to use as a simulation ruby in laser technology. It was in the Seventies that they were firstly in a position to create cubic zirconia to use in lasers. It was quickly noticed that cubic zirconia was very similar to diamonds both aesthetically and gemologically, and thus it quickly grew to become common in jewellery.

Cubic zirconia pendants and ear-rings are so well received today simply because they really are extremely similar looking to diamonds. It is absolutely no exaggeration that very few jewellers can actually differenciate between the two using just the human eye alone. This particular benefit is coupled with the fact that cubic zirconia costs approximately a tenth of the price of natural diamond.

The scientific world further helped the case of cubic zirconia pendants, ear-rings and bracelets in the nineties, by enhancing the quality of the gem. An extremely thin coating was added to the gem, known as DLC or Amorphous Diamond. This resulted in the gem getting much more hard and lustrous and so much more diamond-like.

So now, if you buy your cubic zirconia pendants, ear-rings or other jewellery, you’ll know that you’re wearing an unbelievable little bit of beautiful jewellery that is available solely due to the miracles of science!