The shiny gemstone, Cubic Zirconia, is becomming more and more poplar today in handmade gemstone rings, neckalces, earrings, and bracelets.
Hang on! What is Cubic Zirconia? Is it really a natural gemstone? No it isn't!
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It is actually a gemstone that is grown in a scientific lab and made to look like diamond. In fact, when it is complete, cubic zirconia is a very attractive sparkly gemstone and can be half the price of a real diamond
! Cubic Zirconia Crystals have been well known quite widely since 1930s. In 1970, some scientists discovered that they could grow these gemstones in their lab! They shaped CZ by heating zirconium and yttrium oxide at at a very high temperature. (reaching as high as 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The mixture was then left to cool very slowly. When the mixture was completely cooled, the result was a slab of shining crystals. Other colors have also been mixed with these mixtures to produce different colored CZ. The huge slab of crystal can then be cut into lots of smaller pieces by gemologists. Once they have been cut into smaller portions, the pieces of Cubic Zirconia are then faceted for jewelry in such a way as to attract the light on as many different surfaces as possible. And that is the secret to Cubic zirconia and those little shiny gemstones in your jewelry that look so very much like diamonds!
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