How do I take care of my Diamond Hybrid®?
At home cleaning:
The best way to clean your MiaDonna jewelry is with warm tap water, mild hand soap and a very soft children's toothbrush.
- Allow your jewelry to soak in the soapy water for a few minutes; the hand soap will help dissolve the grease from body oils, which play a large part in trapping dirt onto your jewelry, especially rings.
- With the soft toothbrush, gently scrub the jewelry to break-up trapped dirt. Be sure to get the underside of your stone with the brush if possible - build up on the underside of gems makes them appear dull and gray.
- Rinse in clean water and pat dry.
- Professional Ultrasonic Cleaners are now available for purchase online at MiaDonna.com for a deeper cleaning tool.
Professional cleaning:
Your local jeweler can give your MiaDonna jewelry a more thorough professional cleaning. They will either clean your jewelry with steam, ultrasound or both. We recommend Ultrasonic Cleaning every so often for a deep clean. Ultrasonic is the best way to get all lotions, hairspray, oils, etc. off your gems and jewelry.
The outer layer of lab-created diamond, once integrated with the core crystal, gives the Diamond Hybrid an overall hardness of 8.8, making it about the same hardness as a ruby or sapphire, considerably harder than an emerald and nearly three times as hard as cubic zirconia. However, it is not as hard as a pure carbon diamond at a 10 on the Mohs Scale.
You can swim, shower, etc. wearing your MiaDonna Diamond Hybrid jewelry with no undue concern.
However, Diamond Hybrid stones are susceptible to the same types of peril that could cause a natural stone to chip or crack. It is important that you adhere to the following guidelines for wear and care of your MiaDonna Diamond simulant:
- Be sure to remove your jewelry when doing activities or duties which would strike, repeatedly wear, knock or potentially damage your Diamond Hybrid jewelry.
- Never put multiple earth-mined and/or lab-created precious stones and gems together, keep your jewelry separate to prevent scratching.
- To keep your Diamond Hybrid brilliant and full of fire, keep lotions, perfumes, oils, cake soap, etc. away from all your jewelry and clean regularly.
