Myths & Facts
We love answering our current and potential customers to clear their idea on quality and value of Lab Grown Diamonds. We want you to feel confident when you’re buying a diamond, so we put together a comprehensive resource covering everything you need to know about Lab Grown Diamonds and dispel any myths you’ve heard!
Myth #1
Lab-grown diamonds are synthetic in nature!
Fact
Lab-grown diamonds are a far cry from fake diamonds. Historically, fake diamonds were typically glass. Glass is much less durable and has a lot less sparkle than a well-cut diamond. Other diamond imitations, like synthetic cubic zirconia and natural zircon or topaz gems, are likely to chip with wear. Lab-created diamonds have none of those issues. They’re just as durable and sparkly as any natural diamond.
Myth #2
Lab Grown diamond fade over a period of time!
Fact
A lab diamond will never get cloudy, fade in brilliance, or change color. Our lab diamonds have the same physical properties of a mined diamond. It will not change appearance. It will look exactly the same in a billion years as it does the day you receive it. In fact, if you placed your lab diamond in a vat of concentrated hydrochloric acid it would just get a good cleaning!
Myth #3
Lab-grown diamonds are less precious!
Fact
The reason Lab Grown Diamonds are up to 20-30% less than mined diamonds is not because they are lower quality (in-fact they are higher quality than 97% of mined diamonds) it’s because the supply chain is so much shorter. Lab Grown Diamonds are most definitely valuable. The scientists, laboratories, engineers, equipment, time, effort and expertise are all factors that go into producing some of the world's highest quality diamonds.
Myth #4
Lab Grown diamond does not have any resale value!
Fact
We’re seeing a very similar system for the resale of Lab Grown Diamonds emerging today, particularly within the online market. We encourage consumers to keep in mind that just because your local jeweler is not currently buying Lab Grown Diamonds does not mean that there is no resale value for them. Rather, these Lab Grown alternatives are a relatively new product on the market and we need more time to see how this develops, just as we once did with Earth-Mined Diamonds.
Myth #5
Lab-grown diamonds aren’t eco-friendly!
Fact
There is some fogginess around the sustainability of lab diamonds, only because of they are created with a HPHT method. This method require a lot of electricity, still, it is not as much as it takes to mine for diamonds. Infact. one of the reasons that so many people turn to lab diamonds for their diamond gifts is because they know that they are ethical diamonds — for people and for the planet.