Cubic Zirconia

An artificial gem. It has been frequently used as a diamond simulant. Cubic zirconia (CZ) is hard, optically flawless and usually colorless, but may be made in a variety of different colors. It has close visual likeness to diamond. Unlike diamonds, cubic zirconia is simulated to be flawless. CZ can be perfectly structured, free of inclusions, totally transparent.

Mohs scale hardness 8 – 8.5

WEIGHT PER PIECE OF CUBIC ZIRCON
OVAL SHAPE		OCTAGON SHAPE		PEAR SHAPE		ROUND SHAPE		SQUARE SHAPE
SIZE	WEIGHT	SIZE	WEIGHT	SIZE	WEIGHT	SIZE	WEIGHT	SIZE	WEIGHT
5*3MM	0.38	5*3MM	0.46	5*3MM	0.35	3MM	0.22	3*3MM	0.35
5*4MM	0.55	6*4MM	1.16	6*4MM	0.76	4MM	0.6	4*4MM	0.67
6*4MM	0.83	7*5MM	1.8	7*5MM	1.14	5MM	1.1	5*5MM	1.27
7*5MM	1.3	8*6MM	2.89	8*5MM	1.46	6MM	1.6	6*6MM	2
8*6MM	2.26	9*7MM	4.25	8*6MM	2.25	7MM	2.5	7*7MM	2.9
9*7MM	3.36	10*8MM	6.25	9*6MM	3	8MM	3.25	8*8MM	4.5
10*8MM	4.76	11*9MM	7.85	10*7MM	3.5	9MM	4.76	10*10MM	8.45
11*9MM	6.22	12*10MM	11.6	12*8MM	5.13	10MM	6.42
12*10MM	7.85	14*10MM	13.32
14*10MM	11.55