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A natural diamond is a finite mineral created by nature consisting of a crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance. The word “diamond” alone always means a natural diamond.

A laboratory grown diamond, also called a synthetic diamond or lab created diamond, is a man-made product that mimics the physical characteristics and optical properties of a natural diamond but can be made in unlimited quantities.

No—laboratory grown diamonds are not identical to natural diamonds. Their origin is the primary difference. Laboratory grown diamonds are mass produced in factories, located primarily in China, India and Singapore in industrial reactors. The rapid, artificial production process which occurs in just 2 weeks creates telltale marks within the stones, making them easily detectable with the right equipment.

Laboratory grown diamonds are not unique—they are produced en masse in potentially unlimited quantities. Natural diamonds on the other hand are completely unique, like a snowflake or fingerprint, each one is different.

Yes. Natural diamonds are finite and rare. The number of newly recovered diamonds peaked in 2005, when rough diamond production was around 30% higher than in 2022. Over the last 140 years, almost 7,000 kimberlite pipes were analyzed by geologists. Yet, approximately only 60 of these were deemed suitable for diamond recovery.

Most diamonds were created 1 to 3 billion years ago, pushed to the earth’s surface by volcanic eruptions. They are the oldest thing you will ever touch or own. Kimberlites, the ancient, underground volcanic pipes that hold most of today’s diamonds, are very hard to find, and commercially viable kimberlites even less so. In fact, most of the diamonds recovered today come from kimberlites discovered decades ago.

No. The natural diamond industry supports the livelihood of 10 million people worldwide. Leading diamond producers create $16 billion of benefit annually for employees, communities and the environment—and 80% of these benefits are retained by local communities. The wealth generated by laboratory grown diamond companies largely benefits only a select few venture capitalists and investors who have yet to demonstrate similar socioeconomic contributions.

While some grading laboratories will not certify laboratory grown diamonds, others, including the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), IGI, and GSI do provide LGD specifications and LGD reports for laboratory grown diamonds, but it is made clear on the report that the stone being graded is laboratory grown and not natural. It is important to beware of non- third party grading reports that may not obviously disclose the stone as laboratory grown.

The term “mined diamonds” is confusing and potentially misleading as not all natural diamonds are mined. Some natural diamonds never get extracted, because they remain locked deep inside the earth unreachable by modern technology, or they are pushed to the surface of the earth by natural forces and are recovered without recovery.

In fact, a natural diamond is created by the forces of nature and exists in its natural form whether or not it is extracted. According to the Federal Trade Commission’s Jewelry Guides, the words real, natural, genuine and precious can only be used to describe natural diamonds from the Earth.

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