However, the burgeoning popularity of artificial diamonds — also known as lab-grown or synthetic diamonds — has reshaped the narrative surrounding engagement rings and wedding bands.

Michaels Jewelers sells synthetic diamonds under a white-label brand, Treasure Chest Grown, to distinguish them from natural diamonds in the same collection. The jewelry chain buys the diamonds from ...

These days, manufacturing of artificial diamonds has advanced, and you can buy a real (but manufactured) diamond for under half the price of a “natural” diamond. So jewelers look for the tiny ...

As shoppers look for ever bigger and blingier sparkles, synthetic diamonds have become increasingly popular — especially in the United States, the world’s largest market for diamond jewelry.

Some jewelry buyers specifically want lab-created or simulated diamonds, due to concerns that mining can damage the environment and the risks of what are called blood diamonds – stones ...

For many couples who recently cemented their commitment to each other with an engagement, the choice of ring featured not natural but man-made gemstones — including the center diamond.