Many buyers will turn to eBay when searching for a lab created diamond. It is certainly possible to find some bargains, usually second hand. You do have to be careful online though, because there are a lot of unscrupulous sellers who will pass off much ch

In my opinion, lab diamonds (as well as natural diamonds) are some of the most beautiful gems around. It sounds a bit odd, but I can happily sit looking at a diamond for 15 minutes, just shifting it around in the sunlight to see the rainbows. Having said

“How many carats?” is often the first question you are asked about a beautiful new diamond. The term ‘Carat’ is the most common term for describing the size of a stone, whether a natural or man made diamond. One metric carat weighs

Diamond clarity is a measure of how free the stone is of flaws, either inside the stone or on the surface. These flaws are referred to as ‘inclusions’ and are present in most stones. Only diamonds of the highest quality are free of inclusions.

Normal, ‘white’ diamonds actually have some degree of yellow tint and are graded according to how noticeable the yellow is. Diamond color is graded on a scale from ‘D’ to ‘X’ with D being the best color grade. The scale

In this article we’ll be taking a look at a wide variety of simulated diamonds. These are also known as synthetic diamonds, so called because they “simulate” the look of the real thing. And I might add that they do this quite well. A simulated diamo

It is very important to understand the difference between lab created stones and their imitation counterparts. Unfortunately, many dealers sell the latter under the banner name of “lab created” but this is in fact untrue. This is because they do not f

They say that the type of setting a diamond is put into is reflective of the marriage which it represents. Is this true? Who knows, but it’s easy to believe that there is an element of truth to this. After all, anything can be a symbol. In this article

Diamonds are graded by the well known ‘4 Cs’, which are Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat weight. Created diamonds are often graded in the same way as natural diamonds, but you may find that different grading organizations vary with synthetic diam