HPHT & CVD DIAMOND GROWTH PROCESSES EXPLAINED
With more couples choosing to be more environmentally conscious, lab grown diamonds provide the perfect eco-friendly engagement ring. Over the last few years, lab grown diamonds have become an increasingly popular alternative to naturally mined diamonds. With more couples choosing to be more environmentally conscious, lab grown diamonds provide the perfect eco-friendly engagement ring. But what is a lab grown diamond ? A lab grown diamond is still a real diamond , their chemical and physical properties are identical. This makes it very difficult to tell the difference between a natural diamond and a lab grown one. Even the experts have a hard time distinguishing the two! One of the fundamental differences between natural and synthetic diamonds is that naturally occurring diamonds are formed deep within the Earth’s crust. The intense pressure and heat causes carbon atoms to crystallize, thus forming diamonds. Lab grown diamonds on the other hand are manufactured using two sc...