LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS

Consider ice for a moment. It can form over a pond or in your freezer. But no matter where the water freezes, it is always ice and contains the same chemical properties. The difference is the origin.

Like freezer-formed ice and naturally-occurring ice, lab-grown diamonds have the same chemical composition, crystal structure, and physical properties as mined diamonds. The only difference is the actual place that the diamonds are formed.

Lab-grown diamonds are man-made diamonds that are chemically, physically, and optically identical to natural diamonds. Both have the same chemical composition and atomic structure, producing the very same durability, fire, and sparkle. Laboratory grown diamonds are a true testament to the use of technology and human achievement.

Lab-grown diamonds are made using a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) process or a High-Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) method that causes carbon atoms to crystallize into the structure that renders them harder than any other form of carbon and harder than any other material. Both diamond growth methods require advanced technology, and both produce rough diamonds that are then cleaned, cut, and polished in the very same way naturally occurring, mined diamond rough is processed.

Our lab-grown diamond process involves a combination of both CVD and HPHT.

Diamond growth can be initiated only when a pre-existing diamond seed or a sliver of the diamond substrate is present for the carbon atoms to attach to and “learn” the diamond’s strong tetrahedral crystal lattice. The “seed” essentially serves as a blueprint for the crystallization process as carbon atoms stack one-by-one on the carefully selected seed.

Lab-grown diamonds are graded to the same carat, clarity, colour, and cut specifications as mined diamonds and the same type of Diamond Grading can accompany them Reports written by leading independent gemological institutes and certified appraisers.

“Lab-Grown” most accurately describes the man-made diamond production process in which the crystal structure is grown from the seed diamond. Lab-grown diamonds are the result of an extemporaneous crystallization process rather than a synthesis of diamond compounds. Lab-grown diamonds are unequivocally diamonds with the same physical, chemical, and optical properties as earth mined diamonds - but less physical workforce was involved, and you’ll find a much smaller price tag.

Once the lab-grown diamond rough is large enough to be extracted from the machine, the stone is identified as lab-grown. The rough then go through the same analysis and review as nature made rough. It is analyzed by highly skilled cutters to plan for the best facets and cuts to yield the stones with the best proportions and symmetry.

The lab-grown rough is cut in a responsible, controlled facility. The stones are then polished and inspected. Each stone is packaged carefully with full disclosure of its origin as a lab-grown diamond.

Tight processing controls, full disclosure in each step of a traceable chain of custody, as well as dedication to transparency, ensures each lab-grown diamond is of known origin.