Is there a Gemstone that looks like diamond but costs less?
Some of our clients love to know what gemstones look like diamonds. There are many clear white gemstones with a similar appearance to diamond. Despite their hardness and durability, many buyers seek a more affordable diamond alternative. Combined with Platinum or Gold, this can be an effective way to reduce the cost of an engagement ring or item of jewellery.
White Topaz – an affordable diamond lookalike
White Topaz is an affordable diamond alternative available in many shapes and sizes. White Topaz looks like diamond. It lacks the refractive beauty of diamond but is far more affordable than diamond. We have one example of White Topaz featured on our limited edition gemstones of our website. White Topaz lacks the hardness of diamond and for this reason, it will never be quite as resilient as a diamond, but provides a similar appearance.
Crystal – looks like a diamond perfectly faceted and ideal cut
Our crystal diamond alternatives can be added to most of our designs. Furthermore, we set crystal into most of our designs. For this reason, we can offer a 950 Platinum engagement ring with the look of a 2 carat solitaire ring for less than £1000.00. Crystal is the least expensive diamond alternative and is affordable to replace when worn. Although less durable and easily worn, it costs very little to re-set a new stone in later years.
Interesting fact – Our crystal alternatives are modelled on an Ideal cut diamond? In addition, they feature a microscopic stamp to ensure they are easily identified.
View an example with the Lila design and select the crystal alternative to look like a diamond.
Moissanite as an alternative to diamond
Commercial Moissanite is created in a laboratory. It is created from Silicon Carbide and provides a less expensive stone that looks like diamond. Moissanite features double refraction giving it a different look to a real diamond. Prices for Moissanite are much higher than other lookalike diamonds and compare to low clarity diamond prices. For this reason, buyers might decide to purchase a low clarity, or low colour diamond instead.
View some of our suggested Moissanite engagement rings available at Serendipity Diamonds, or look for the Moissanite tab on many of our ring pages.
Spinel as a diamond alternative
Spinel is available in many different colours including white and transparent. Natural Spinel is far more expensive than Synthetic Spinel which is more plentiful and available in most colours at a much lower cost.
Colorless Beryl (Goshenite)
Colourless Beryl is relatively inexpensive without any colour as the name suggests. Beryl exists in many different colours and colourless is just one option for a Gemstone that looks like diamond. We have various limited edition examples of Beryl on our website, and we can source specific gemstones to order. Just contact us for help and information.
About Mark Johnson
My name is Mark and I'm founder at Serendipity Diamonds. By day you'll find me working in our showroom—in a variety of roles. My work (which I love) ranges from photographing jewellery, to writing blog posts and helping clients with my colleagues Drina, Emily and Debbie.
