Lab Grown Diamonds at Baker Brothers

HOW ARE LAB GROWN DIAMONDS MADE?
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Each LGD begins as a tiny ‘diamond seed’ – a slice of natural diamond about as thick as human hair. This ‘seed’ is grown in one of two ways: High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) or Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD). 
 

ISN’T IT ‘CHEAP’ TO BUY LAB GROWN DIAMONDS?
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Lab grown diamonds can offer a more affordable alternative if you’re on a tight budget. And while LGDs are not entirely identical to natural diamonds, they can exude the same characteristics and they are graded using the 4Cs of diamond Quality: Cut, Colour, Clarity and Carat.

Some feel that lab grown diamonds are inappropriate to use in an engagement ring because they’re “cheap.” Others say that a diamond is a diamond, whether it comes from the ground or a laboratory. Another view is that lab grown diamonds are preferred to natural diamonds for ethical and environmental reasons, often coining the term sustainable diamonds. But there are a lot of questions about the truth of this statement.
 
But are they worth anything?
 
As with anything, a lab grown diamond is worth as much as someone is willing to pay, which is significantly less than natural diamonds. Who’s to say this may not change in time, there is no way of knowing for certain.

ARE LAB GROWN DIAMONDS BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
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While LGDs don’t cause the same level of environmental discourse as recovery, the methods used in their manufactured lab environment do raise concerns.
 
This is what happens in a controlled diamond lab environment:

If the manufacturing process for lab-grown diamonds uses energy generated from fossil fuels, it creates more carbon dioxide emissions than natural diamond mining; currently, most facilities still rely on fossil fuels to power their reactors.

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