No, Lab Grown or mined diamonds do not sparkle rainbow. Some stones like Moissanite, Cubic Zirconia or a Rhinestone may shine rainbow,but not diamonds.

Yes. If you have a deep knowledge about diamonds and its associated characteristics, are a chemical scientist and can develop a lab in your garage with all the right equipment, you may grow Lab Grown Diamonds at home. But,remember, your cost will be higher due to investment in all the above. 

Yes, they do!

Some of the most well known diamond grading institutes like, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), American Gem Society (AGS), International Gemological Institute (IGI), European Gemological Laboratory (EGL), Hoge Raad Voor Diamant (HRD), to name a few, offer laboratory-grown diamond grading reports using the same color and clarity boundaries as the grading system for natural diamonds. 

Lab-grown diamonds are subjected to the same tests to determine their chemical, physical, and optical properties as mined diamonds.

No, absolutely not! They are not a threat to diamond industry, but they are a disrupter. By being economical, environment friendly and ethical, lab grown diamonds have brought fresh perspective to the diamond industry.  

Lab grown diamonds are 100% real and as much authentic as mined diamonds. They can not be distinguished from a mined diamond with naked eyes. By replicating the way nature creates diamonds from stones, we now have lab-created diamonds that are structurally identical and give peace of mind to conscious buyers.

Not only are lab-grown diamonds as breathtakingly beautiful as mined diamonds, they are easily available too. A typical lab-grown diamond is made available to you in a matter of weeks. The added facilities like color and size customization is also possible. 

That means that you can have 20 identical pink lab-grown diamonds- a rarity if you set out to find similar mined diamonds. By reducing the steps in sourcing a diamond and completely doing away with middlemen, we can assure you that you can have economical, ethical and environmentally conscious diamonds for your diamond jewelry which are at par with their mined counterparts.

Diamonds are nothing but shiny carbon surfaces juxtaposed together at different angles. If the inner surfaces have some impurities or imperfections (called inclusions), the diamond might not sparkle as much. 

The more "included" a diamond, the less reflection it will have.Almost all diamonds have inclusions; in fact, perfectly flawless diamonds are so rare that most jewelers will never see one.Fortunately, most inclusions can only be seen under 10x magnification, so they are unnoticeable to the naked, untrained eye. 

Diamonds with large inclusions, or a large number of inclusions, will have a low clarity grade

A clouded diamond can not be cleaned. The impurity causing the clouding is buried deep under the surface of the diamond, and it can not be reached through any process.

Cubic Zirconia is a colorless, synthetic gemstone made of the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. Cubic Zirconia is not real and is not a diamond, though it is difficult for the naked eye to tell the difference between a Cubic Zirconia and a diamond, with practice you can tell that CZ does not look like the real deal. 

CZ stones are not graded by any grading institutes and they are at best a cheap imitation of diamonds

A diamond becomes cloudy during the formation process itself. Due to impurities or inclusions embedded while the core of diamond was getting formed, the diamonds look slightly hazy or milky when looked closely. It is a natural intrinsic characterisitcs of a diamond.

GIA established a system that has now become the universal standard for diamond grading - the 4Cs of diamonds. A universal language understood across the globe while grading the precious diamonds.The 4 C's stand for:

• Color
• Cut
• Clarity and
• Carat Weight.

Diamonds have a high refractive index, but that's just one of the reason for their sparkle even in dark. The light ray passing through a diamond travels through scores of reflective surfaces inside the diamond, and that is the reason for the brilliance you see.The shape and cut of a diamond decides its shine. 

A well cut diamond that has passed through the skilled hands will refract even the tiniest ray of light falling on it. By the way, round diamonds are known for better sparkling abilities.

No, they are light stones.

Diamonds are dense, compact pieces of pure carbon converted due to high heat and pressure conditions. With a specific gravity of 3.52, diamonds are much much lighter than Gold, which has a specific gravity of 19.32. 

In fact, the light weight of diamond is one of the determinants of whether a diamond is real or fake. Cubic Zirconia, often passed on as diamond will weight at least 50% more than a real diamond of same size.

Yes, man-made diamonds are available in vivid colors like pink, blue, green etc. They are created by mimicking the same conditions as mined color diamonds encounter inside the earth. Its not just white diamonds that can be created in a lab. 

The fancy colors that you see in these exceptional creations by humans are introduced by adding color-causing atoms to the growth cell during the growth phase, while the diamond's crystal lattice is still developing. 

• Want yellow diamonds? Add nitrogen. 
• Fancy blue diamonds? Add Boron.

No, its a myth. 

When you buy a lab-grown diamond that is certified by a reputed grading institute,rest assured that you can get similar value when you are trying to resell it. Lab grown diamonds have the same resell process as a regular mined diamond. 

Regardless of the origin, all diamonds are priced using a universal pricing system based on their grading on 4Cs. If your jeweler is unable to accept your diamond- it is just because of the misconceptions surrounding the lab-grown diamonds. Your certificate entitles you to the same resale process as any regular mined diamond.

Lab-grown diamonds are significantly less expensive than mined diamonds. But lower price has no bearing on their quality. They have all the characteristics of a mined diamond. The process of sourcing a lab-grown diamond is relatively easier as well as faster and hence they are relatively less expensive than mined diamonds.

The terms are used to define the various clarity grades of a diamonds. VVS stands for "Very Very Slight" inclusive diamonds - having the list amount of imperfection or impurity. 

These also are the most expensive of the remaining categories. VS is " Very Slight" inclusive diamonds- that means they do have more inclusions than VVS, are not as "near perfect " as VVS, but they are still a good bet to buy. Very slightly included (VS1 and VS2) diamonds have minor inclusions ranging from difficult (VS1) to somewhat easy (VS2) to see with an increase of 10 × magnification.

Diamonds are definitely not rare - they are just difficult to find and extract. It is not difficult to find a VVS clarity diamond.

Jewelers typically use a monocular, handheld loupe in order to magnify gemstones and other jewelry that they wish to inspect. A 10× magnification is good to use for inspecting jewelry and hallmarks and is the Gemological Institute of America's standard for grading diamond clarity.

No.

Diamonds on the lowest category of clarity spectrum also have inclusions that are not visible to the naked eye.To evaluate a diamond and to determine its authenticity, you must have the right equipment as well as the right education (Certified Gemologist) to appraise diamond jewelry

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