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Yes. If the stone is something other than diamond, the tester won't light up.
But if you have a man-made diamond(not CZ), being that the stone is the same exact properties of a diamond, and lab grown, it will also test as diamond.

 

Yes! The solid flower pin and the one with the zig-zag edging are both Old Miners. As you can see, they are slightly square or cushion shaped.

 

https://www.langantiques.com/edwardian-style-diamond-bib-necklace.html

I'll take one of these if you have one hanging around and want to dump it on someone.

 

I'm adding it to my cart right now!!
Lang's has only the very best antique jewelry.
I love to check out their web site.

 

Is the zigzag one the one with the solitary diamond in the middle? Or is it the one with a diamond in the middle surrounded by other small diamonds?

 

Here's another Old European.
It is .53 ct., Rose gold. I had the prongs re-tipped, because they were so worn.
This one is darker, toward the end of the alphabet in color, maybe Q-R-S?
This one is also from a local pawn shop.

 

Yes, both pins with single diamonds are Old Mine.
The pin with the multiple stones are Old Europeans.

 

Thank you,
It looks like I have a lot of inclusions, and feathers and needles, black carbon specks, and culets to look for flat and pointy! I guess I better start with some tiny bubbles......cause we don't want any schmutz, right?

 

Thank you

 

Clean diamonds are happy diamonds!

 

The sapphires are old...but I can't use the pin and clasp to help me ...cuz Dad had it...made into a necklace, from a brooch...by a butcher...
likely damaged it's value as well..........
( notice the stupid chain....stuck on both ends..)

The ring is like looking at fireworks up close... bedazzling !
I had a jeweler clean it....and he was kinda taken with the main stone..

 

Is this another?

 

Here is one of my snake rings, 19th century, rose and yellow gold, diamond and rubies.
I thought the diamond was a rose, but see now that it has a tiny table of sorts. No idea which cut it could be, but it is old. Maybe someone fiddled around with it, who cares, I like it. It doesn't show in these photos, but it is a little sparkler.

 

I think I posted these diamond cut charts before in another thread, but here they are again, the Tolkovsky is a modern brilliant, designed in 1919:



Rose cuts, Amsterdam rose and Antwerp rose:

 

@Any Jewelry
I love your snake ring! I was crazy for snake rings a while ago, but the authentic Victorian ones are so pricey! So I had this loose diamond, and I made my own. I do silversmithing as a hobby.

 

I'm very glad you posted this chart. It's so hard to describe the different cuts. A visual is always the best!

 

That is lovely, and a great hobby!
Yes, the Victorian snake rings are pricey, but I come across a bargain occasionally. This was one of them.

 

Mmm, they don't seem diamonds to me (paste/rhinestone exist in old cut shape, ant the mounting is cheap......) Only the first one in a flower could be diamond.

 

Wow! love that off color

 

OOhh!!! Great job! How I'd love to be able to do that