Are Lab-Grown Diamonds Certified?
A report is the one part of a diamond purchase you can check for yourself. Here is what it does and does not tell you.
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The Aureva Journal explores lab-grown diamonds, diamond education, modern jewellery and the ideas shaping contemporary luxury.
Lab-Grown Diamonds
Lab-Grown overview
Natural vs Lab-Grown Diamonds: What's the Difference?
Both are diamonds. The difference sits in where they came from, and it is narrower than most people expect.
CVD vs HPHT Diamonds: What's the Difference?
Two routes to the same material. What actually separates them, and how much it matters once a stone is finished.
How Are Lab-Grown Diamonds Made?
Two very different processes, one result. A plain walkthrough of what happens inside each chamber.
Are Lab-Grown Diamonds Real?
The short answer is yes. The more useful answer is about what the question is really asking.
What Are Lab-Grown Diamonds?
Same material, different origin. What that actually means, and why a simulant is a different thing altogether.
Diamond Education
Education overview
Diamond Carat Explained: What Does Carat Really Mean?
Carat is a weight, and weight can hide where nobody sees it. That gap is where most of the confusion lives.
Diamond Colour Explained: What Should You Actually Choose?
The scale runs from D downward. Shape, metal and size all change how a grade reads — but on a lab-grown diamond the colourless range costs little enough to simply stay inside it.
Diamond Clarity Explained: VS, VVS and More
Clarity is graded under magnification; you will look at the stone with your eyes. Both facts matter — and on a lab-grown diamond you can have the top grades without choosing between them.
What Is Diamond Cut and Why Does It Matter?
Shape is the outline. Cut is the craft. Only one of the two decides whether a diamond looks alive.
The 4Cs of Diamonds: Cut, Colour, Clarity & Carat Explained
Four measures, one stone. What each of them describes, and why the balance between them matters more than any single grade.
Buying Guides
Buying overview
Emerald vs Radiant Cut Lab-Grown Diamonds: Which Should You Choose?
They can share a rectangular outline, but emerald and radiant cuts create almost opposite kinds of light.
Oval vs Round Lab-Grown Diamonds: Which Should You Choose?
Round is the classic. Oval gives you a longer outline and can look larger for its weight. The better choice depends on what you want to see on the hand.
Cushion vs Oval Lab-Grown Diamonds: Which Should You Choose?
Both are softer alternatives to round, but they create very different silhouettes and patterns of light.
How to Choose Diamond Cut
A cut grade is useful, but it is not the whole story. Learn what to check when the report does not give you an overall cut grade.
How to Choose Diamond Colour
D is the top colour grade, and you do not need it. E and F sit in the same colourless range for less, which is where we would stop.
How to Choose Diamond Clarity
Learn to judge a stone with your own eyes — then, on a lab-grown diamond, take VVS anyway, because it costs so little to stop worrying about it.
What Is the Best Diamond Shape for an Engagement Ring?
There is no single best shape. The right one depends on the outline you like, how it sits on the hand and the kind of sparkle you want.
What Diamond Size Should You Buy?
Carat tells you how much a diamond weighs. It does not tell you exactly how large it will look on your finger.
How Much Should You Spend on a Lab-Grown Diamond?
There is no correct number. A good diamond budget is one that fits your life before it fits a specification sheet.
How to Choose a Lab-Grown Diamond Engagement Ring
You do not need to find the most expensive diamond. You need to find a diamond and design that make sense together.
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