Created diamond jewelry

Just as, each new season, the catwalks of Paris inspire new fashions on the High Street, so designer gems and settings inspire up-to-the-minute jewelry at prices most of us can afford. Many such pieces are ‘created diamond jewelry’ – beautiful designs made with laboratory-grown diamonds that don’t cost the earth. Created diamonds are composed of the same highly structured, dense carbon crystals that form natural diamonds. They are hard to distinguish from their mined equivalents, except with specialized equipment – or, often, because they are just too perfect to have been dug out of the earth.

Furthermore, lab created diamond jewelry can feature ‘fancy’ diamonds in colors which, though they are sometimes found in nature, are usually so rare as to be entirely unobtainable. If you hanker after golden-yellow or mandarin-orange gems possessing all the fire and luster of white diamond, now is the time to search them out!

If you’re thinking of purchasing any created diamond jewelry, it’s worth investing in a good piece. Because created diamonds can be quite large and relatively free of inclusions for the same price as a much more flawed and smaller natural diamond, you can afford to be picky. Make sure the cut is absolutely right to show off the best qualities of the stone. Since the cut is the only element of a diamond that is not dictated by its inherent physical properties, the expertise and aesthetics of the faceting and proportions can increase the beauty and value of the whole piece. Buy from a jeweller who is passionate about the stones, pays attention to detail and loves good design for its own sake. Above and beyond the value of the materials involved, you could end up wearing a piece of art you’ll be proud of for decades.

If you are looking for ethically-sourced gems and have decided to purchase created diamond jewelry to avoid buying blood-diamonds, you might be interested also to find a vendor who works with recycled gold or platinum to create rings, settings, etc. By choosing recycled precious metal you can avoid contributing to human-rights abuses or conflicts funded by the revenue from metal mines.

Normally, a jeweller should provide you with a certificate of laboratory origin for a created diamond and certification or guarantee of other valuable materials in the jewelry.