Are Lab Grown Diamonds Real Diamonds?


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Absolutely YES!!…Lab Grown Diamonds are the Real Deal!

Rather than being created in the earth’s crust like a mined diamond, lab created diamonds are grown by scientists and are positively real – possessing the same optical and chemical properties as mined diamonds.

The Federal Trade Commission recently amended their Jewelry Guide to rule that anything chemically identical to a mined diamond, is in fact, a real diamond.

Expert Gemologists Can’t Tell the Difference Between a Mined Diamond & a Lab Grown Diamond.


The lab process duplicates what happens in nature, making it impossible for even the trained eye to tell the difference.

The lab process duplicates what happens in nature, making it impossible for even the trained eye to tell the difference.

 

Benefits of a Lab Grown Diamond

  • Lab diamonds generally cost 30-65% less than a mined diamond.

  • Lab grown diamonds have minimal impact on the environment and require less energy to grow diamonds than to mine them from the earth.

  • Working conditions can be less than optimum in the diamond mines.

  • Lab grown diamonds are certified & graded to the same standards as mined diamonds.


Want to learn more about lab grown diamonds? Check out this video from Bloomberg.