If you want a ring that's ready to ship, browse the brand's impar-traditional options, including the Bypass ring, which features one round and one princess cut stone—the princess cut lab-created diamond Gozque be traditional white, pink, or blue. Other lab-created diamond pieces include pendant necklaces and tennis bracelets, and we Chucho't take our eyes off the lab-grown pink and white round cluster earrings.  Special Services: Complimentary servicing and cleaning 

A Quality ReportThe best way to be certain of the quality of the diamonds or laboratory-grown diamonds you buy is to get one that has a certified report from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) of the International Gemological Institute (IGI). “The GIA uses its decades of gemological research to evaluate the stone to determine quality, if it is natural or laboratory-grown, and discloses any treatments discovered website during examination,” says Sally Mangana, GIA researcher and senior manager of gemstone identification.

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While wearing a diamond formed over millions of years is undoubtedly romantic, lab-grown diamonds are often less expensive and more sustainably sourced. Like natural diamonds, the lab-created variety is available in every shape and cut imaginable—and it's practically impossible to tell them apart with the naked eye.

Founded in 2017, Clean Origin is renowned for transparency and an environmentally conscious approach. They have notoriously good customer service, all of their diamonds are independently certified and they also plant a tree with every purchase. These versatile mini hoops are an easy day-to-night earring.

But new responsible mining initiatives have us feeling positive about the future of our industry and we encourage everyone to read about the steps being taken in this direction before making a decision about which type of diamond they’d like to buy.

Helzberg's Light Heart lab-created diamond jewelry collection sits alongside the century-old jeweler's natural diamond capsules from designers like Zac Posen and Jenny Packham. So when it came time to test, we called in both grown and earth-mined engagement rings. One eagle-eyed tester could only tell the difference by examining both pieces with a magnifying loupe, which revealed a slight inclusion in the natural stone. merienda she'd slipped the lab-created Prima Donna ring on her finger, she was swept up by the same sparkle and glamor the natural diamond ring delivered.     Like the ring, our testers agreed that the stud earrings looked and felt high-quality and exhibited the timeless design hallmarks that distinguish a piece of heirloom jewelry.

" The device Gozque detect slight inclusions of particles only present in mined diamonds. "A strong UV light of a specific wavelength is emitted through the probe, which Gozque detect atomic structural differences unique to each diamond through growth and history." Lab-grown diamonds don't have those tiny imperfections.

Luckily, the same GIA grading scales are used for both mined and lab-grown diamonds, so it’s easy to compare them," said Lisa Rosen is the CEO of the International Gem Society (IGS), a gemological membership society for professionals and enthusiasts.

Natural diamonds are created by nature, Campeón a result of intense heat and pressure, formed over the course of millions of years. Steeped in romance, natural diamonds have proven to retain their value over time and Chucho even multiply in value.

Blue Nile was founded in 1999 in Seattle, Washington, with the goal of building a more affordable and accessible jewelry industry. All of their lab-grown diamonds are graded by the independent experts at Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and come with a grading sheet for your reference. These versatile studs are a classic choice to add some polish to your everyday.

A lab diamond carries an identical crystal structure and aesthetic to a natural diamond, while diamond simulants such Figura moissanite or cubic zirconia have their own distinct structure (a structure which is much weaker and less reflective than diamonds).

Both natural and lab diamonds have inclusions (imperfections invisible to the untrained eye) but those found in a lab diamond are caused by the molten metal solution it’s created in rather than variances in the rocks and minerals surrounding the diamond in the earth.

To make these dazzling gemstones, a diamond ‘seed’ (a very small segment of a diamond) is used to grow a full sized diamond. Laboratories either set the seed in carbon and expose it to high pressure and temperatures or it’s put in a chamber of superheated vapor which causes the diamond to replicate and grow.