Fake diamond
An informal and imprecise expression that can refer to a simulant, a forged document, or a misdescribed product. It is not a recommended professional material category.
How this term is used on the platform
- Discouraged
- fake diamond as a technical material category
- Editorial note
- Discouraged as a technical term; name the actual material or type of fraud.
How the Croatian edition writes this term
- Level
- Croatian professional usage
- Form
- lažni dijamant
- First mention in a chapter
- lažni dijamant (Fake diamond)
Terminology network
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Sources and authorities
The records below form the terminology basis for this entry or its category. This does not mean that every source defines every word on this page. The canonical manuscript remains the primary contextual source, while each external standard, laboratory policy, or regulatory guideline applies only within its own scope.
Primary internal terminology and context source across 105 chapters.
International nomenclature and grading framework.
CIBJODiamond Terminology GuidelineConsumer-facing distinction among diamond, laboratory-grown/synthetic diamond and simulants.
CIBJOLaboratory-Grown Diamond GuidelinesDisclosure and business terminology for laboratory-grown diamonds.
ISOISO 18323:2015 — Jewellery — Consumer confidence in the diamond industryPermitted descriptors and definitions for diamond-industry consumer terminology.