This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Lab-made, synthetic diamonds are becoming increasingly similar in quality, cut, and clarity to natural ones.

On one side stand natural diamonds — gems formed deep within the earth over millions of years, limited by nature, and ...

According to the experts, there is no way for the average person to differentiate a natural from a lab-grown diamond. If you’ve bought a piece of fine jewelry containing a diamond in recent years, you ...

Lab-grown diamonds have become so popular with consumers that some couples are asking jewelers to swap the natural diamond in their rings for a lab-created sparkler. "Just last week we had three or ...

It's proposal season, and engagements are on the rise. So are factory-made diamond sales.Not that you'd know the difference. Man-made diamonds look the same as naturally occurring ones. The only ...

Increasingly so, real or synthetic is often the question asked when speaking of diamonds. Also known as 'cultured' or 'lab-grown' diamonds, these gems are man-made but look just as exquisite as mined ...