Journal
A step-by-step guide to buying a lab grown diamond: setting priorities, choosing shape and size, reading the 4Cs, verifying certification, picking a…
Growing a diamond takes days to weeks depending on size and method, but that is only part of the timeline. What happens…
Lab grown diamonds avoid mining but are energy intensive, and neither option is automatically the ethical one. What the real trade-offs are,…
The laser inscription on a lab grown diamond's girdle links the stone to its grading report. What it says, where to find…
How to check a lab grown diamond certificate on the issuing laboratory's own website, what to match against the stone, and the…
IGI and GIA are both respected laboratories, but they report lab grown diamonds differently. What each report gives you, why cross-lab grade…
Lab grown diamond is diamond. Moissanite and cubic zirconia are different materials entirely. How the three compare on hardness, sparkle, durability and…
Lab grown diamonds do not hold their value well, and neither do natural diamonds. Why retail diamonds lose most of their value…
Lab grown diamonds are real diamonds by material, by grading standards and by regulatory definition. What gemologists and testing equipment actually show,…
Lab grown and natural diamonds are the same material, but they differ in price, resale and origin. A practical side-by-side comparison to…