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What is a laboratory grown diamond

What Is a Laboratory Grown Diamond?

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What Does Laboratory Grown Diamond Mean?

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Laboratory grown diamonds are stones created in a laboratory setting using an innovative process that flawlessly replicates nature. Nurtured from a tiny carbon seed, laboratory grown diamonds are indistinguishable from their mined counterparts in all chemical, physical, and optical attributes. Intensely bright and cut for brilliance, each can be set in precious metals to form fine jewelry that shines with infinite fire and radiance.

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Why Are They Called Laboratory Grown Diamonds?

Laboratory grown diamonds is the name used to describe diamonds that do not originate from the earth. Alternative terms meaning the same thing include man-made diamonds, synthetic diamonds, simulated diamonds, lab grown, and lab created diamonds. Swarovski Created Diamonds refers to our fine jewelry collections featuring high quality laboratory grown diamonds.
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What Is the Difference Between Laboratory Grown and Mined Diamonds?

When comparing laboratory grown and mined diamonds the only difference is how they originate. Laboratory grown diamonds are 100% real diamonds, possessing the same chemical composition, hardness, brilliance, and fire as nature’s own creations. Just as a greenhouse orchid is identical to one grown in the wild, a laboratory grown diamond is as exquisitely realized as a mined stone.
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How to Distinguish Laboratory Grown Diamonds from Mined Diamonds

It’s impossible to differentiate between a laboratory grown diamond and a mined diamond with the naked eye. With professional tools, laboratory grown diamonds can be identified through laser inscriptions on the girdle, distinct fluorescent patterns shown under UV light, and unique microscopic inclusions that occur in the growing process.
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Are Laboratory Grown Diamonds Better than Mined Diamonds?

The choice between laboratory grown diamonds and mined diamonds comes down to personal preference. In terms of their chemical composition, laboratory grown diamonds are 100% real diamonds. The universally recognized 4Cs grading system applies to both types of diamond, so buyers can choose a stone that reflects their desired cut, color, clarity, and carat weight regardless of whether it was formed in the earth or in a laboratory.
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What Is the Difference in Price Between Laboratory Grown and Mined Diamonds?

Efficient production processes mean that laboratory grown diamonds can be a more affordable option than mined diamonds. Our Founder, Daniel Swarovski, was passionate about making luxury accessible to all and laboratory grown diamonds honor this mission, offering stones of exceptional quality at tailored price points that cannot be replicated in the traditional diamond market.
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Why Are Laboratory Grown Diamonds More Affordable?
There are several reasons why high-quality laboratory grown diamonds with a substantial carat weight can be purchased at more affordable prices than their mined counterparts. Streamlined production processes in the lab have lowered costs and new entrants to the markets have also ensured that laboratory grown diamonds stay competitively priced.
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Swarovski Crystal vs Swarovski Created Diamonds

The creation of both Swarovski Crystals and the laboratory grown diamonds featured in our Swarovski Created Diamonds collections is a testament to the House’s innovative spirit and savoir-faire. Both are produced using the highest quality components; Swarovski Crystals use a formula that is Daniel Swarovski’s legacy while Swarovski Created Diamonds are formed from a tiny carbon seed in laboratory conditions using intense heat and pressure.
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Moissanites vs Laboratory Grown Diamonds
Moissanites are a type of gemstone that shares similar qualities to diamonds. The first moissanites derived from meteorites but today, they are made from silicon carbide and crafted in labs. While laboratory grown diamonds are 100% identical to mined diamonds in every way but origin, moissanites resemble diamonds but display several differences in both composition and appearance. Moissanites have their own beauty, but their durability, brilliance, and color are distinct to diamonds. Laboratory grown diamonds are also graded using the 4Cs of diamond quality, while only color is considered in moissanites.
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Discover fine jewelry designs that fuse laboratory grown diamonds with precious metals. Showcasing Swarovski savoir-faire, each piece is expertly crafted to capture and transform light with brilliant intensity.
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Sigilla la tua storia d’amore con i gioielli da sposa Swarovski Created Diamonds. Dai classici anelli di fidanzamento con solitario ai pendenti a forma di cuore che emanano romanticismo, ogni pezzo renderà il tuo giorno speciale ancora più luminoso.
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Come vengono ottenuti i diamanti creati in laboratorio

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Scopri come i diamanti creati in laboratorio vengono prodotti, strato dopo strato, partendo da un minuscolo seme di carbonio. Esistono due metodi principali per riprodurre questa meraviglia della natura: applicando pressione e calore intensi, oppure immettendo gas ricco di carbonio in una camera a vuoto.
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Perché scegliere i diamanti creati in laboratorio?
Gli Swarovski Created Diamonds sono un mix unico di scienza e creatività. Tagliati per brillare, i diamanti creati in laboratorio sono identici al 100% ai loro omologhi estratti, tranne che per la loro origine. Rappresentano un’alternativa economicamente conveniente, dunque sono il futuro dell’industria dei diamanti.
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CERTIFICATO IGI

Certificazione dei diamanti creati in laboratorio

Ogni diamante creato in laboratorio presente nelle collezioni Swarovski Created Diamonds è stato esaminato dall’IGI (Istituto Gemmologico Internazionale) per confermare la qualità di ogni pietra secondo le 4C per la valutazione del diamante. Vengono selezionati solo i diamanti creati in laboratorio più pregiati.

Come prova di origine, ogni diamante creato in laboratorio di 0,25 carati o più presenta un’incisione laser visibile solo con un forte ingrandimento.

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ARTIGIANALITÀ CONSAPEVOLE

Realizzati con energia rinnovabile al 100%

Ogni pezzo di alta gioielleria Swarovski Created Diamonds è stato realizzato utilizzando energia rinnovabile in ogni fase del processo, dalla coltivazione al taglio, dalla lucidatura all’incastonatura dei diamanti creati in laboratorio. Le Collezioni Eternity, Galaxy e Octagon presentano inoltre oro riciclato al 100%, riducendo così ulteriormente l’impronta di CO2 del gioiello, riutilizzando risorse preziose e riducendo al minimo l’impatto sul nostro pianeta e sui suoi abitanti.
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Che cosa sono i diamanti creati in laboratorio?

I diamanti creati in laboratorio sono identici al 100% ai diamanti estratti in miniera. Vengono semplicemente prodotti in laboratorio partendo da un “seme” e formati strato dopo strato utilizzando la sintesi ad elevata pressione e temperatura (HPHT) o la sintesi a deposizione chimica da vapore (CVD) per replicare il processo naturale nell’arco di diversi giorni o settimane, anziché sotto terra nell’arco di milioni di anni. A parte la loro origine, sono esattamente analoghi.

I diamanti creati in laboratorio sono meno costosi dei diamanti estratti?

I diamanti creati in laboratorio offrono la libertà di esplorare più agevolmente una gamma di gioielli più ampia che mai per dimensioni, forme e montature. Swarovski è fiera di offrire design moderni e suggestivi, impreziositi da diamanti della massima qualità, ovvero pietre più grandi e di qualità superiore adatte a qualsiasi fascia di prezzo.

Come vengono ottenuti i diamanti creati in laboratorio?

I diamanti creati in laboratorio vengono ottenuti mediante un processo innovativo che replica perfettamente la natura, dando vita a un diamante creato in laboratorio che non differisce da un diamante estratto in miniera per attributi chimici, fisici e ottici. Esistono due modi per replicare il processo di generazione del diamante: High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT, sintesi ad elevata pressione e temperatura) e Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD, sintesi a deposizione chimica da vapore). 

Queste tecnologie sono brillanti come i diamanti creati in laboratorio. In entrambi i casi, un minuscolo seme di diamante viene nutrito con atomi di carbonio in condizioni di laboratorio di calore e pressione intensi per formare la pietra strato dopo strato. Ogni diamante creato in laboratorio si forma a proprio modo, con inclusioni e modelli di crescita unici ed esclusivi. 

I diamanti creati in laboratorio sono veri diamanti? Qual è la differenza tra diamanti di laboratorio e diamanti estratti in miniera?

Sì, i diamanti creati in laboratorio sono diamanti al 100%. Sono identici ai diamanti estratti in quanto possiedono la stessa composizione chimica, durezza, brillantezza e intensità di fuoco. Entrambi sono in carbonio al 100%. Uno nasce in laboratorio, l'altro in natura, proprio come un'orchidea coltivata in serra è identica a quella che cresce in natura. L’unica differenza è la loro origine.

I diamanti creati in laboratorio e i diamanti estratti sono uguali?

Laboratory grown diamonds are 100% the same as a mined diamond in all optical, chemical and physical aspects. Only the diamond’s origin – from the earth or from a laboratory – is different. This difference can only be identified with sophisticated laboratory equipment. Laboratory grown diamonds processed in Swarovski Created Diamonds jewellery can be identified by a laser engraving on all laboratory grown diamonds 0.25 ct and larger.

Can a Jeweller tell that a diamond is laboratory created?

No, a jeweller cannot tell the difference between a laboratory grown diamond and a mined diamond with the naked eye or using traditional jeweller’s equipment. Sophisticated instruments are required from a gemmological institute like IGI to find out if a diamond is laboratory grown, or grown in the earth.

Could laboratory grown diamonds test as Moissanite?

No, they are identical to mined diamonds possessing the same chemical composition, hardness, brilliance and fire. Both are 100% carbon.
Moissanite, while also created in a laboratory, is a silicon carbide engineered to give the illusion of similarity to diamonds, but is compositionally and visually quite different.

What is a diamond simulant?

Diamond simulants such as Cubic Zirconia and Moissanite are not diamonds in any way, but gemstones manufactured to look like diamonds which are physically, visually and compositionally very different.

Is a Cubic Zirconia the same as a laboratory grown diamond?

No, Cubic Zirconia is not the same as laboratory grown diamonds. Cubic Zirconia is a diamond simulant and is physically, visually and compositionally very different to a diamond. Conversely, laboratory grown diamonds are 100% identical to their mined counterparts, except for the way they originate.
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