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Where Is The Actual Magic? In Labs Or Mines?

21/01/2021 | wondrdiamonds

Where is the actual magic? In labs or mines?

With mounting pressure over the climate crisis around the world, a new generation of diamond buyers want to do right by the environment. Considering the full toll in planet-warming emissions from the mining and transportation of diamonds, lab diamonds are turning out to be the sustainable and environmentally wise choice of the future. Two samples of crystalized carbon - both are crystal clear and give off a kaleidoscope of spectral colours in direct light. They appear to be identical. If you’re in the market to buy a diamond, we want you to be able to make the best decision — so we’re going to tell you all about the similarities and differences between mined diamonds and the lab grown diamonds, as well as diamond simulants like cubic zirconia and moissanite.

Where do mined diamonds come from?

The journey a diamond takes from growing insider the earth to being sold as jewellery is long and complex. Mined diamonds are available deep in the earth, under extreme pressure and high temperature around three billion years ago. Volcanic activity carried them to the surface where they lay in a type of volcanic rock formation,waiting to be mined. From blasting to using excavators,mining boils down to digging a very large hole into our earth to extract diamonds. An enormous gaping hole of atleast 1,200 metres, that’s perilously the size of a considerable small town anywhere in theworld. Such underground diamond mining then involves construction of tunnels deep inside the earth to extract these naturally occurring diamonds. This process continues are long as there is more resource to unearth, the hole just continues to extend. Often, after a diamond mining company has plundered the earth for every stone possible, they are mandated to rehab the land, although it doesn’t always happen.

How are lab grown diamonds different from mined diamonds?

The only thing that sets apart the lab-grown diamond from a naturally occurring diamond is its origin. Lab grown diamond as the name goes are created inside a lab using state-of-the-art technology that replicates the natural diamond growing process. The result of the lab grown diamond is chemically, physically, and optically the exact same as those naturally occurring beneath the Earth’s surface.

Lab-created diamonds are grown in highly controlled conditions that replicate the earth’s natural growing environment of high pressure and high temperature. This lab grown diamonds possess the exact same chemical composition, crystal structure, optical and physical properties of diamonds that are found in nature. They also usually exhibit the same brilliance and sparkle as natural diamonds.

You wouldn’t be able to point out the differences between lab diamonds from the natural ones because there aren’t any. Even sophisticated expert gemmologists can’t tell the difference with the naked eye. The result of lab created diamonds are 100% pure crystallized carbon and the arrangement of carbon atoms in the structure of a diamond crystal every bit way same as the naturally occurring diamonds.

How are lab diamonds grown?

There are two processes that most labs use to grow diamonds - High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). HPHT diamonds are made using one of three manufacturing process: a belt press, the cubic press, and the split-sphere (BARS) press. This creates an environment of very high pressure and temperature that provides conducive grounds diamond growth.

So, are they like Zircon?

It is imperative for you to know that there’s a massive difference between lab created diamonds and diamond simulants, such as cubic zirconia and moissanite. These simulants are not made of the carbon crystals, and do not possess the same brilliance and hardness of diamonds. They are only look alike to diamonds and do not possess the same properties of diamonds. That is also why the difference is very visible to the naked eye.

Because they are not as hard as diamonds they wear out easily. For this reason, these also are available at much lower prices than lab created diamonds.

Is your lab grown diamonds certified?

Every piece of jewellery that we make is certified for authenticity by third-party international laboratories. Our lab diamonds receive grading reports from independent gemological organizations on the 4Cs: Cut, Colour, Clarity, and Carat Weight. Just like in mined diamonds, lab diamonds exhibit variations across the 4Cs..

Cut - uncompromising cut quality to ensure all diamonds have maximum brightness and light performance

Colour – only stones that are independently graded as colourless (D, E, F) enter our handcrafting process

Clarity - guaranteed to be eye clean and inspected; put through rigorous quality checks

Carat Weight – transparent weighing and pricing form the corner stone of our business  

Are lab-created diamonds at a better value?

Lab diamonds can cost much lesser than natural diamonds of comparable size and quality, but we must admit there is no slashed pricing here. The difference is the deduction of fringe overhead  incurred from supply chain and logistics of transporting mined diamonds from around the globe.

Looking at the two origins be it labs or mines — it is evident that both use technology and equipment to extract or create a diamond. Let us help you with some environmental factors here to help you determine its value

Usage of water

 A mined diamond utilizes more than 126 gallons of water per carat on the other hand lab-grown diamonds, utilize just

Energy Consumption

Mined diamonds use 538.5 million joules per carat, while lab  grown diamonds use less than half of it 250 million

Carbon Emissions

Air emissions on a single carat of mined diamond are 1.5 billion times higher than those of a lab-grown one

Biodiversity

Mining also affects biodiversity balances and renders the land unusable much after the mining activity ceases, allowing barely any life to thrive.

Adding to the cost savings from the overheads, its environmental benefits is noteworthy with the looming horrors of the climate crisis. While state-of-the-art technologies are making lab-grown diamonds as clean

and sustainable as possible and there is a long way to go, but one must admit there is significant value

that is added to its positive environmental impact compared to mined diamonds.

Properties	Lab grown	Naturally occurring
Conflict Free	ü	×
Adopts environmentally friendly practices	ü	×
SP3 CARBON BONDS	100%	100%
Hardness (MOHS)	10	10
Refractive Index	2.42	2.42
Density	3.52	3.52
Price	₹₹₹	₹₹₹₹

Should I buy a lab-grown or mined diamond?

You must understand that they are not in competition with one another. What matters is the significance you put on your diamond and what it means to you.

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