Lab diamonds

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When you first look at a laboratory grown diamond, you see a spectacularly clean, clear gemstone with extraordinary sparkle. But why exactly is that? Lab grown diamonds were skillfully created with the exact same chemical, physical, and optical properties as an earth mined diamond. But in this controlled environment, scientists can also create high clarity and high color stones. So, you’ll likely see much higher quality stones when you’re looking at lab created diamonds.

Only trained professionals will be able to detect different miniscule elements in a lab diamond as contrasted to a natural diamond. Reputable gem labs have the equipment to make the separation between earth mined diamonds and a lab grown diamond. A trustworthy retailer will also provide documentation verifying that a stone is a lab made diamond.

Now that we understand what a synthetic or lab grown diamond is, let’s turn our attention to understanding what a diamond simulant is. The word simulant is a catch-all word for any stone made to look like a diamond. Contrary to synthetic or lab-grown diamonds, simulants do not have the same critical characteristics such as the optical, physical, and chemical make-up of created diamonds.
In other words, while they may look like a clear sparkly stone simulating a diamond, they can be made from any kind of material such as glass or cubic zirconia (called CZ). Once you’ve become familiar with lab created diamonds, or even Moissanite, you’ll be able to tell the difference between the simulants with a visual inspection.

Most consumers would love to get the highest quality diamond for their budget. But when they check prices, they will often find that selection high quality means getting a very small stone. But with a lab grown diamond, you can select a larger size stone with superior color and clarity, all for much less than its natural counterpart.

Creating this near perfect stone is all part of the process involved in making a beautiful lab grown diamond. Using high pressure and high temperatures in a laboratory environment, skilled scientists can faithfully recreate the exact conditions needed to produce stunning lab created diamonds. While it took the earth several billions of years to produce diamonds under the earth, lab diamonds can be grown in a matter of weeks under careful conditions. The result is the quality you want, plus the clarity and colors you demand. All at affordable prices.