Wise Observer

When we think of precious gems, we usually spare little thought
to the hard work that it takes to bring them to us in the
beautiful jewelry that we love to wear, but diamond mining is,
in fact, an expensive and dangerous procedure, reflected to the
consumer in the price that must be paid to own one. Wouldn’t it
be wonderful if there were some way to recreate that same
brilliance and beauty in a less dangerous, and hence less
expensive way? Today’s technological innovations mean that this
does not have to be a pipe dream any longer - with lab created
diamonds, we can wear beautiful gemstones produced by the
intelligence of mankind, rather than the trials and tribulations
of nature, and without the expense that mining brings. Lab
created diamonds are now very good and becoming as popular as
the real thing.

The popularity of diamonds have urged experts to try to find
more cost effective ways of providing the brilliance of the
stone in our jewelry, and over the years there have been many
alternatives to diamonds put forward, including cut glass,
rhinestones and cubic zirconium. While these have proved
satisfactory for some purposes, these lab created diamonds have
consistently lacked the brilliance and beauty of a genuine
diamond. This was until the discovery of moissanite in meteor
fragments, and the realisation that moissanite could be
reproduced in controlled circumstances, leading to the dawn of
lab made diamonds.

It was discovered in 1995 that moissanite could be reproduced
under laboratory conditions, and the unique beauty of the stone
made scientists realize that there would be a huge market for
these lab created diamonds. While the difficulty involved in
growing these lab made diamonds remains quite high, the price
for moissanite jewelry is higher than you might expect in a
diamond substitute, but today, many gemmologists consider the
moissanite stone to be a gem in and of its own right. Unlike
previous substitutes, moissanite is in many ways superior to
diamonds, with more sparkle and brightness that the mined gem.

Previously, choosing a gem that looked like a diamond but wasn’t
one was seen as a step down, a compromise, but with the quality
of today’s lab created diamonds, this is no longer the case. So
take advantage of today’s great moissanite prices while they
last, because someday soon, the brilliant sparkle of this stone
will make lab made diamonds even more sought after than the
‘real thing’.

Lab created diamonds, and Moissanite in particular, are now as
good as the real thing.