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Should you select a yellow-gold or platinum band? And do you prefer a lab-grown diamond ring or a natural stone? When it comes to the last question, the answer revolves around your budget and ...
As the holiday season approaches, some of the hottest trends include lab-grown diamond accessories. Lab-grown diamonds have become especially popular over recent years. They look identical to ...
More consumers are gravitating toward man-made diamonds for their striking similarity to natural rocks and their relative affordability. In 2015, sales of lab diamonds made up less than 1% of all ...
Lab-grown diamonds are shining in 2025, and not just because they can be a much more affordable choice than their natural, mined counterparts. These days, couples are increasingly involved in the ...
In the US, lab-grown diamonds were forecast to surpass natural stones in terms of units sold by the start of 2024. Yet at the same time, their values have plummeted: the per-carat price caved ...
Jesse DeLeon, a partner at Liori Diamonds, displays some diamond jewelry as part of the jeweler’s Lab Diamonds collection in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Pedro Portal ...
Lab-grown diamonds’ “relative abundance may not ensure that their value will hold over time,” Signet’s receipts now state. The retailer is also training its 20,000 sales associates to ...
Unlike lab-grown diamonds, which are created from carbon atoms arranged in a crystalline structure (just like a natural, mined diamond), moissanite is composed of silicon carbide. This difference ...
More couples are saying "yes" to lab-grown diamonds. In 2024, 52% of couples surveyed said their engagement ring featured a lab-grown diamond, according to the 2025 Real Weddings Study by The Knot.
OUR FREE EXCHANGE columnist recently wrote about the economics of diamonds. As lab-grown diamonds become better and cheaper, the industry for diamonds, natural and otherwise, is being upended.
By Carol Besler The luster of lab-grown diamonds has continued to spread slowly in the midrange luxury watch market, with brands such as Breitling and Oris doubling down on their initial embrace ...