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Lab-grown diamonds of various colors grown by the high-pressure-and-temperature technique. A synthetic diamond or laboratory-grown diamond (LGD), also called a lab-grown diamond, [1] laboratory-created, man-made, artisan-created, artificial, synthetic, or cultured diamond, is a diamond that is produced in a controlled technological process (in contrast to naturally formed diamond, which is ...
The first lab-made diamonds can be dated back to the 1950s, [1] and memorial diamonds started to appear in the market in the early 2000s. More than one company has claimed to be the first to provide memorial diamonds, and both Heart In Diamond [2] and LifeGem [3] have claimed to have a patent covering the growing of a "personalized gem diamond".
Synthetic diamonds are produced via high pressure, high temperature or chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology. These diamonds have numerous industrial and commercial uses including cutting tools, thermal conductors and consumer diamond gemstones.
Sales of man-made diamonds have increased from under $1 billion in 2016 to just under $12 billion in 2022. - Courtesy Pandora The rapid rise of lab-grown stones is reverberating across the market.
Using these methods, Gemesis produced high-quality colorless and fancy color diamonds that were offered for sale at 20–30% lower prices than mined natural diamonds of similar quality (and, from some suppliers, lower prices than that). [6] By about 2010, Gemesis was the principal producer of gem quality lab created diamonds and jewelry.
“Instead of having diamonds flying all around the world, the diamond is produced and sold locally.” Mohamed Sabeg, co-founder of Dubai-based company 2DOT4, checking a lab-grown diamond. - Paul ...
The majority of mined diamonds fall between white and pale yellow or brown; what is known as the normal color range. Diamonds of more intense color (usually yellow, but in some cases red, green or blue) are termed fancy color diamonds. Black diamonds are also fancy color diamonds. All other factors being equal, the most valuable diamonds are ...
Theoretically, pure diamonds would be transparent and colorless. Diamonds are scientifically classed into two main types and several subtypes, according to the nature of defects present and how they affect light absorption: [8] Type I diamond has nitrogen (N) atoms as the main impurity, at a concentration of up to 1%. If the N atoms are in ...