Synthetic Diamond Sets the Record

Speaking about the record in terms of diamonds, usually the only thing matters – diamond's size. Indeed, the amount of carats in a diamond gem may skyrocket the price to unbelievable extent. The larger the gem, is the more desired it becomes. Big diamonds are mined from time to time, though they are rare, but when synthetic diamonds are concerned the size here can be a stumbling block.

Thanks to modern technologies diamonds can be grown synthetically inside special chambers under certain conditions. Engineers can make them blue or yellow depending on the wish of a client but it doesn't matter how hard they try they can't grow them large. The record size for a synthetic diamond is 3 carats and the company that can boast such a success in diamond-growing technology is Pure Grown Diamonds (formerly Gemesis).

The Largest Colorless Lab-Grown Diamond So Far!

It seems there is no better explanation for man-made diamonds selling proposition that was once said by the founder of Gemesis company specializing on creating laboratory diamonds:

"If you give a woman a choice between a 2-carat stone and a 1-carat stone and everything else is the same, including the price, what's she gonna choose? ….Does she care if it's synthetic or not? Is anybody at a party going to walk up to her and ask, 'Is that synthetic?' There's no way in hell. So I'll bite your ass if she chooses the smaller one."

The Diamond Reality

Even though you can be a conservative person with your own views on fine jewelry or one with moderate income so that diamond jewelry is the last thing you are thinking about to ever purchase, still each couple has to consider this at least once in their life while choosing a diamond wedding ring (some statistics about wedding expenses you can find here).

With such highly hyped slogans as 'Diamonds are Forever' and 'Diamonds are a girl best friend' it's hard to imagine there is any other choice except of diamond engagement ring, which is so popular in the United States. Like a newly-bought gadget is often a point of a big talk among men, the same a wedding ring and a size of a diamond gem is an object of boasting among girls. Without any intention of braking this tradition or bankrupting the diamond industry but with the initial desire to give a proper, cheaper and high-quality substitute for natural diamonds, these are Gemesis, Apollo, Chatham, New Age Diamonds and some more respectable laboratories offering you to get man made diamonds, absolutely identical to natural ones but for the environment they were formed in.

Indeed, man made diamonds are know to be less expensive, so that you will need to pay an extraction of the price you would spend for a natural stone. This can give you a chance to stay within your budget instead of using your credit card, what is very important in today's economically unstable situation.

Another point to add to man made diamonds is that they are like real diamonds and are normally set in gold or platinum, the setting usually used for every precious gem. Created diamond mounted in one of these settings will serve you very, very long.

With a number of benefits there is still one we have to pay more attention at. Man made diamonds are fadeless, durable and scratchless, so the same slogan 'Diamonds are forever' can be also applied to the gems cultivated in special machines the same as to the natural diamonds. Apart from that they are environmentally friendly and can be a good option for those couple who do stick to the belief that this is their responsibility to think about the future of their planet.

The aim of this article was to give you a wider view on the notion of man made diamonds and show you possible variants to get fine jewelry for less price. We were not supposed to convince you in buying any product but rather to recommend you weight all pros and cons before deciding what engagement ring or jewelry is to fit your budget in the most proper way.

Gemesis: How Do They Grow Diamonds

Keeping with the previous post, there is a video about how Gemesis creates their diamonds. If you haven't yet got an idea of how the company stood on the path of filling the market with their stones by 2020, then after watching this video you will understand how the things are coming right. It's a common knowledge, that it's better to see once than hundred times to read about the technology, so enjoy watching and share you thoughts about it:

Gemesis Aims to Fill the Market by Their Diamonds

It looks like Gemesis production of diamonds goes full steam these days. Even those who doubted this fact were convinced by Steven Lux at the GIA Symposium hold on May 31.

A chief executive officer of Gemesis Steve Lux announced his company is determined to produce one million carats by the end of 2020. It proves that lab grown diamonds are getting more popular due to their price, which is about 25% less than the cost of the equal but mined gem. However, as Lux claims, many people consider the environmental impact of mining rather than the price tag.

Gemesis is known to produce high-quality yellow diamonds than of any other color and this year they are going to launch the production of colorless gems that remain number one choice for wedding diamond rings.

One more thing Lux paid attention at, he asked not to use the word “synthetic” when speaking about Gemesis diamonds, because customers mostly associate this term with simulants and fake diamonds, which are not diamonds at all. It would be right to say “laboratory grown”, “man made”, “created” or “cultured” diamonds referring to Gemesis products.

Who Wears Man Made Diamonds?

As man made diamonds are gradually winning the market being a serious threat to natural diamonds there is a question "Who wears man made diamonds?"

About 70% of women would give preference to lab grown diamonds due to their lower price and equal-to-natural quality, however diamond growing laboratories can't yet satisfy such high demand. For instance Gemesis, a leading and world known manufacturer of lab grown diamonds, produces only several thousand carats of man made diamonds per year - compare to De Beers 35 million carats a year. The pleasant thing is that Gemesis as well as Apollo Diamonds and other leading producers of man made diamonds are enlarging the number of diamond growing chambers each year, for example the number of chambers were increased tenfold by Gemesis for the last seven years.

As for the targeted audience, both men and women buy diamonds, yet diamonds remain girl's best friend mostly. Nowadays every socialite considers wearing diamond to be a kind of tradition. Thanks to great variety of diamond's colors and hues they can be worn both at day time and at night. Still diamonds remain rare and sought-after jewelry due to their high price and very often fashion tendency is not pocket-friendly for those who follow it. This is where man made diamonds join the game.

Created in the laboratory man made diamonds are almost impossible to be detected, so it is clear why modern fashion mongers prefer them. The only difference is a tiny laser inscribed serial number which is used for your protection. The number is seen only under magnifying glass and is absolutely unnoticeable for naked eye. The rest of the diamond - optical, physical and chemical characteristics - is identical to natural gem. Even the color! Man made diamonds as well as naturally-occurring diamonds can be of various colors: blue, green, yellow, cognac and pink. Jewelry with fancy colored diamonds looks and costs just perfect that is why it is the best choice for modern socialites.

Moreover, the main slogan of man made diamonds is that they are eco-friendly and conflict free. As more and more people today join the green movement created diamonds are winning a larger audience. They do not imply human rights abuse, violence, child labor or damage to environment, so created diamond wedding rings are getting popular on green weddings these days.

Eco-conscious brides and fashion mongers choose man made diamonds, and what about you?

Image in this post is the courtesy of it's respective owner: Apollodiamond.com.

Do You Know That...

- diamond was taken like standard element by Frederich Mohs, a German mineralogist, who created the scale of mineral hardness. Diamond rates 10 - the highest rate - on the Mohs scale and it is more than 50 times harder than corundum, which is the next most solid natural element, however diamonds lose in hardness to laboratory grown nanomaterials. Synthetic stones are going to be 58% harder than diamonds;

- diamonds can be of various colors: green, blue, yellow and brown (they are most numerous), black, red and pink (the most rarely found in nature). Though some imagine diamond as a transparent colorless gem, the number of pure white diamonds is low;

- diamond can burn, but you need to heat it to about 1300 Fahrenheit. Still, it is considered to be almost fireproof;

- not more than 20% of all mined diamonds are qualified as gemstones and are used in jewelry, the rest stones are intended for industrial needs, especially they are used to produce polishing, cutting, grinding and drilling tools;

- the biggest uncut diamond ever mined was colorless Cullinan. It weighted 0,62 kg or 3,106.75 carats. It was cut in 106 pieces where the largest cut diamond is the Great Star of Africa - 530.2 carats. This diamond is considered to be flawless, though typically each diamond has flaws;

- the world smallest cut diamond was cut by Bhavani Mikro. The gem weights only 0.00006 grams what is 0.0003 carats. Diamond gemstone has 57 shining tiny facets;

- first diamond stones were found more than 4,500 years ago, according to Peter Lu. Harvard physicist proved that ancient Chinese benefit from unique physical properties of diamond. They used it for polishing corundum axes, which could be polished neither more nor less than by diamond;

- according to various legends a person who wears diamond jewelry is protected from evil. Moreover, a wearer is considered to be a lucky man and the one possessing enough courage. All his traits were explained by wearing diamonds;

- real diamonds can be grown in the laboratory. New Age Diamonds and Gemesis place a small piece of natural diamond and a bit of carbon into the growth machine where high temperature and high pressure are applied to grow a larger stone (up to 5 carats) from these materials. Real diamond comes up in several days and possesses all the properties of naturally-occurring diamond.

Man Made Diamonds: Where to Buy

Diamonds... So bright, fabulous, fadeless and captivating these little pricey brilliant gems leave no one indifferent. Gemesis, Apollo, Chatham and New Age Diamonds are notable brand names in the world of diamond jewelry, like Coco Chanel or Christian Dior in the world of fashion clothing. These known companies possess modern high-tech laboratories where they grow 100% real diamond gems. After several days of growing diamond stone falls into skilled hands of gem cutter, who makes a rough shone shine and makes the gem iridescent. Thereon, a shaped gem undergoes grading by reputable gemological laboratories where professionals identify diamond's cut, clarity, color and weight. At last, shiny stone is set into jewelry, the one you could easily buy.

"Easily" is the word applied to man made diamonds actually, which are cheaper than natural. Nevertheless the lower price does not infect the quality of the gems. They are of the same beauty, solidity, longevity and possess all the rest natural diamond's properties, except age - man made diamonds are much younger.

Those who want to satisfy their whimsies by purchasing diamond jewelry, could do it in two ways: either from your local retailer, or buy it through the Internet. There is nothing special to say about your local retailer as you can go to the shop to take a closer look at the stone and touch it, and try it, whatever. As for the Internet shops it is very important to choose only reputable sources for you not to be cheated. Here are the most known of them:

• Created-Diamonds.com
• Diamondscultured.com
• Takaradiamonds.com

Created-Diamonds.com is a reliable source for real cultured diamonds grown by Gemesis, Apollo and New Age Diamonds manufacturers. Here you can order either loose diamond or the one set in jewelry. The customers are offered to choose diamond gem among variety of exclusive colors: colorless, green, blue, pink and red, yellow and orange. All diamonds are certified by competent gemological laboratories. More detailed information about diamonds from Created-Diamonds.com you can find on its official website.

Diamondscultured.com offers its customers conflict-free diamonds from Chatham and Gemesis diamond growing laboratories. Fancy blue, yellow and pink diamonds will pleasantly surprise you by their high quality and moderate prices. So, if you want to have diamond jewelry just at a fraction of the price, you are welcome to apply Diamondscultured.com for more information.

Takaradiamonds.com is an on-line diamond jewelry shop with unusual name. The thing is the diamonds Takaradiamonds.com offer are of Asian origin and some are from Gemesis company. This is one of the first on-line source of lab grown diamonds and can boast having been on the web market since 2002. Feel free to address Takaradiamonds.com for more information.

Be beautiful and shine with your diamond jewelry!

Oscar fever: diamonds on the Red Carpet

Oscar nomination is coming! Surely, some come to Oscar Award show to see celebrated actors and outstanding people but a greater part of visitors are eager to see new trends in fashion and jewelery dictated by nominees. Oscar Red Carpet is the best place of glamour. Film stars wearing couture dresses are so dazzling, it seems due to jewelry they wear - diamonds! A lot of diamonds!

Each year at Oscar Award the worth of diamond jewelry equals normally $400,000,000. The thing is that diamonds are used to be the best complement to any dress and they are always in fashion. This year there is a tendency (as it has been noticed at Golden Globes and SAG Awards) to wear big colourful diamonds. What before seemed to be "gaudy" now is treated as "essential".

But here is the main news for today (drumming roll) - lab-grown diamonds take great stride forward! This year for the first time in the history of Oscar Award celebrities will wear lab-grown diamonds. Gemesis corporation is one of the leading producers of cultured diamonds. Using patent pending high-pressure high-temperature technology Gemesis creates real diamonds in the laboratory environment. The process of diamond synthesis is carefully controlled for each stone to come completely flawless. By the way, all lab-grown diamonds are flawless, but in comparison with flawless natural diamonds, they are less pricey. And they do exist in different colours, so that it will be easy to be in fashion this 2010 Oscar nomination. Another advantage that makes these stones more "precious" is that they are environmentally friendly.

So, let's watch Oscar 2010 and stars walking the Red Carpet with a slogan "Lab Diamond Rock!".