October 17, 2017
A 6 Point Guide to Lab Grown Diamonds
Finding the perfect stone is a challenge. But here’s a quick 6 pointer guide on lab-grown diamonds to help you through the process.
- Hardness Lab grown diamonds are equivalent to mined diamonds (the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth) on the Moh’s hardness scale. Both are rated a 10/10, while diamond simulants such cubic zirconia and moissanite fare 8.25 and 9.25, respectively.
- Chemical Composition The chemical composition of lab-grown diamonds is identical to that of mined diamonds.
- 4C’s Lab-grown diamonds are identical to mined diamonds in their measurements for cut, clarity, color and carat weight.
- Cost Currently, lab-grown diamonds are approximately 25% cheaper than mined diamonds.
- Origins While mined diamonds are dug out of the earth after a process which naturally takes millions of years, lab-grown diamonds are grown in an eco-friendly laboratory.
- Eco-Friendly Always made in a laboratory within a few weeks with no human or natural exploitation.
Lab-Grown diamonds are always sustainable, flawless and conflict-free.
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