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 jewellery that shines with infinite fire and radiance.
Content overview
Content overview
- Types of laboratory grown diamonds
- Difference between laboratory grown and man made
- How to tell the difference between them
- Are laboratory grown diamonds better?
- The cost of laboratory grown diamonds vs natural
- Swarovski crystals vs laboratory grown diamonds
- Moissanites vs laboratory grown diamonds
- Why choose laboratory grown diamonds
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 jewellery collections featuring high quality laboratory grown diamonds.
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.
培育鑽石比開採鑽石更好嗎？
在培育鑽石與開採鑽石之間做選擇，完全取決於個人的喜好。就化學成分而言，培育鑽石是 100% 的真正鑽石。全球公認的 4C 評級標準同時適用於這兩種類型的鑽石，因此不論鑽石是在地球內部深處形成還是於實驗室培育，消費者都可以依據自己期望的切割、顏色、淨度、克拉重量，挑選出最合適的寶石。
培育鑽石與開採鑽石之間的價格差異是什麼？
高效的生產流程，意味著與開採鑽石相比，培育鑽石能成為更經濟實惠的選擇。品牌創辦人 Daniel Swarovski 懷抱著讓奢華走入大眾生活的熱忱，而培育鑽石正承襲了這項使命，以傳統鑽石市場無法企及的量身打造價格帶，提供品質卓越的寶石。
為什麼培育鑽石的價格更經濟實惠？
有幾個關鍵原因，讓消費者能以比開採鑽石更實惠的價格，買到高克拉數且高品質的培育鑽石。實驗室中精簡的高效生產流程降低了成本，而市場上新競爭者的加入，也確保了培育鑽石能始終保持具競爭力的價格。
Swarovski 水晶與 Swarovski Created Diamonds 的比較
Swarovski 水晶以及 Swarovski Created Diamonds 系列所採用的培育鑽石，兩者的誕生皆見證了品牌不懈追求的創新精神與 savoir-faire 精湛工藝。兩者均採用最高品質的成分製造；Swarovski 水晶使用的是傳承自 Daniel Swarovski 的獨家配方，而 Swarovski Created Diamonds 則是把微小的碳晶種置於實驗室環境中，透過高溫高壓培育而成。
莫桑石與培育鑽石的比較
莫桑石是一種與鑽石具有相似特性的寶石。最早的莫桑石源自於隕石，但現今的莫桑石是由碳化矽製成，並在實驗室中培育打造。雖然培育鑽石除了產地來源外，在各方面都與開採鑽石 100% 相同，但莫桑石只是外觀與鑽石相似，在成分和外觀上皆存在數個明顯差異。莫桑石有其獨特的美感，但其耐用性、亮度與顏色都與鑽石不同。培育鑽石同樣也是依據鑽石品質的 4C 標準進行評級，而莫桑石的評估通常只會考量顏色。
探索 Swarovski Created Diamonds
Swarovski Created Diamonds
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探索把培育鑽石與貴金屬完美融合的珠寶首飾設計。每件作品均完美展現 Swarovski savoir-faire 精湛工藝，透過大師級的精心雕琢來捕捉光線並轉化光線，散發出極致璀璨的光芒。
璀璨新娘和婚禮首飾
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用 Swarovski Created Diamonds 新娘首飾，為您的愛情故事烙下永恆印記。從經典的單鑽訂婚戒指，到散發浪漫氣息的心形鏈墜，每一款單品都能讓您生命中的重要時刻更加閃耀奪目。
培育鑽石的製造方式
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了解培育鑽石如何從一粒微小的碳晶種開始，一層又一層交織生長而成。主要有兩種用來完美複製大自然奇蹟的方法：一種是施加高溫高壓，另一種則是在真空室中導入富含碳元素的氣體。
為什麼選擇培育鑽石？
Swarovski Created Diamonds 是科學與創意的獨特融合。培育鑽石經過精心切磨，展現極致火彩，除了產地來源之外，在各個方面都與開採鑽石 100% 相同。培育鑽石是更易入手的替代選擇，並代表著鑽石產業的未來前景。
IGI CERTIFIED
Laboratory Grown Diamond Certification
Every laboratory grown diamond featured in the Swarovski Created Diamonds collections has been reviewed by the IGI (International Gemological Institute) to confirm the quality of each stone according to the 4Cs of diamond assessment. Only the finest laboratory grown diamonds are selected.
As proof of origin, every laboratory grown diamond that is 0.25ct or larger carries a laser engraving visible only under strong magnification.
Frequently asked questions
FAQ
What are laboratory grown diamonds?
Laboratory grown diamonds are 100% identical to mined diamonds. They are just grown from a ‘seed’ in a laboratory, building layer upon layer using HPHT (high pressure high temperature) or CVD (chemical vapor deposition) to replicate the natural process over several days or weeks, rather than in the earth over millions of years. Aside from their origin, they are exactly the same.
Are laboratory grown diamonds less expensive than mined diamonds?
Laboratory grown diamonds offer the freedom to explore more breadth of jewelry in terms of sizes, shapes and settings than ever before, more easily. Swarovski is proud to offer modern, inspired designs with premium quality diamonds, meaning you get larger and higher quality stones tailored to every price point.
How are laboratory grown diamonds made?
Laboratory grown diamonds are made using an innovative process that flawlessly replicates nature, resulting in a laboratory grown diamond that is indistinguishable from a mined diamond in all chemical, physical, and optical attributes. There are two ways to replicate the diamond formation process: HPHT (high pressure high temperature) and CVD (chemical vapor deposition).
The technology is as brilliant as the laboratory grown diamonds themselves. In both cases, a tiny diamond seed is nurtured with carbon atoms under laboratory conditions of intense heat and pressure, forming layer by layer. Each laboratory grown diamond forms in its own way, with one-of-a-kind inclusions and unique growth patterns.
The technology is as brilliant as the laboratory grown diamonds themselves. In both cases, a tiny diamond seed is nurtured with carbon atoms under laboratory conditions of intense heat and pressure, forming layer by layer. Each laboratory grown diamond forms in its own way, with one-of-a-kind inclusions and unique growth patterns.
Are laboratory grown diamonds real diamonds? What is the difference between laboratory and mined?
Yes, laboratory created diamonds are 100% diamonds. They are identical to mined diamonds possessing the same chemical composition, hardness, brilliance and fire. Both are 100% carbon. One is born in a laboratory, the other one in nature - just as a greenhouse-grown orchid is identical to one found in nature. The only difference is their origin.
Are laboratory grown diamonds and mined diamonds the same?
Laboratory grown diamonds are 100% the same as a mined diamond in all optical, chemical and physical aspects. Only the diamond’s origin – coming from the earth or coming from a laboratory – is different. This difference can only be identified with sophisticated laboratory equipment. Laboratory grown diamonds processed in Swarovski Created Diamonds jewelry can be identified by a laser engraving on all laboratory grown diamonds 0.25 ct and larger.
Can a Jeweler tell that a diamond is laboratory created?
No, a jeweler cannot tell the difference between a laboratory grown diamond and a mined diamond with the naked eye or using traditional jeweler’s equipment. Sophisticated instruments are required from a Gemological 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.
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, but the way they originate.