Crystals of light, diamonds symbolize purity, faithfulness and love. Whether a diamond is mined from the earth or grown in a controlled environment, it born with the same atomic properties and holds the same power to dazzle and delight.
Lab-created diamonds, also known as man-made diamonds, or Lab Grown Diamonds are diamonds that are produced by a controlled process in a laboratory environment. They look the same as natural diamonds and are physically, chemically and atomically identical. Lab-created diamonds also have the same durability as natural diamonds, and their color and clarity will not change over time. Most importantly, they possess that same special brilliance and sparkle as their earth-mined counterparts.
All diamonds are a crystalline form of carbon that has undergone a transformation under conditions of extremely high pressure and temperature. Mined diamonds were formed deep within the earth's core a few billion years ago, making their way to the earth's surface via volcanic explosions.
Lab-created diamonds are the result of one of two processes: High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) or Chemical Vapor Disposition (CVD). Both processes expose a small diamond seed (a paper-thin sliver of a diamond) to very high temperatures. The HPHT process places the seed into carbon and uses high pressure to melt the carbon to form a crystal around the seed. The CVD process begins with a seed placed in a chamber filled with carbon-rich gas; the gas is ionized using high heat, which causes the pure carbon to crystalize and adhere to the seed. Either process takes about 8 weeks to create a mature diamond.