Both methods create diamonds indistinguishable from the natural kind, at least to the naked eye. The growing period ranges from weeks to months and the final product is cut and polished into a ...
That is where the differences end, however. “Laboratory-grown diamonds and natural diamonds have essentially the same physical, optical, and chemical properties,” says Sally Magaña ...
Ever since then, the jewelry establishment has been erecting barriers of entry for lab-grown diamonds into their lucrative $84 billion global market. The Natural Diamond Council established the ...