仿製金剛石(Rhinestone;直譯為萊茵石[1]),中文俗稱水鑽,粵語稱為閃石。原本指用萊茵河石英仿製的假鑽石,現指用鉛玻璃塑膠等製做的仿造鑽石[2]

起源

仿製金剛石最初是從萊茵河採集的石英晶體製成,故被稱為萊茵石。但在18世紀,阿爾薩斯的珠寶商Georg Friedrich Strass發明在鉛玻璃的下方塗金屬粉末來模仿鑽石的方法,更為實用,成為普遍仿製金鋼石的做法,也因此在歐洲部分地區,仿製金鋼石被稱為Strass。

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