Diamond question

[neadods]

Does anyone know what would darken diamonds? I've been wearing my grandmother's wedding ring for only a few weeks, and one tiny diamond (it's really just a chip) is significantly darker than the others. I keep nervously checking that it hasn't fallen out. It hasn't - but for some reason it's dull and grey while the others still flash. I've taken the ring off and checked that there isn't anything wedged in the cavity beneath it.

Does anyone know what might have happened? I took the ring off the only time I handled anything really corrosive, and the entire ring has been through the cycles of handwashing/hairwashing, etc. How do I shine it up again?

Comments

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I have two thoughts. 1)Are you sure it wasn't darker to begin with? Diamonds have different brightness.

2)It may not be a diamond, whereas the others are. A paste stone may have replaced a lost one, sometime in the past. If it was your grandmother's, they may not have had good fakes. And if you've immersed it in something that wouldn't darken the actual diamonds, it may have had an adverse effect on a glass stone.

[havocthecat]

I love your icon!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure; Grandpa was VERY poor! I'll try Havoc's toothpaste idea, and if it doesn't brighten up, I'll talk to a jeweler. The only stones I'm sure of is the diamond in the center - but if something darkened the chip on one side, why not the other?