Lab made diamonds cost less than natural diamonds yet are of comparable or superior quality and discourage inhumane practices involved in mining natural ones.

What is a Lab Created Diamond?

Diamonds are made using enormous amounts of heat and pressure that modern technology has only recently become capable of. For a very long time, diamonds have been traditionally dug from the earth in certain parts of the world. These highly coveted stones have always carried a large price tag due to the difficulty of acquisition and their relative scarcity. The ability to create diamonds in a laboratory first emerged in the 1940′s, although the technology of the time was crude and lacked the ability to create gem quality diamonds. The result was something like crushed diamond, which was used primarily for creating industrial cutting tools and for masonry saw blades and drill bits. About 40 years later, a process had been successfully developed that could create larger diamonds, but unfortunately, these lab created diamonds were often flawed and possessed undesirable coloration. These were still made primarily for industrial purposes. Eventually, the technology was born that enabled the creation of high quality, multicolored gem quality diamonds for the jewelry industry. Interestingly, colored diamonds are very easy to make while white diamond production still meets with some difficulty.