Concept
Lab-grown diamond
A diamond made in a laboratory with essentially the same optical, physical and chemical properties as a mined one.
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used to make
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influenced by
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Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries
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The Guides advise that a lab-grown stone be described clearly as one.
Timeline 1 date
- 4 May 2021 Pandora adopted Lab-grown diamond
Proof 3 sources
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Lab-Grown Diamond Brand Lightbox Cuts Prices by 25 to 40%, National Jeweler, 13 May 2024.
Scholarship & press
Lightbox, the lab-grown diamond brand De Beers Group launched in 2018 with an $800 per carat pricing structure, is now selling its diamonds for as low as $500 a carat.
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Pandora Will Stop Using Mined Diamonds In Its Jewelry, CBS News Boston, 4 May 2021.
Scholarship & press
It won't use any more mined diamonds in its products.
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Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries (final revised Guides), 83 Fed. Reg. 40665, Federal Trade Commission (Federal Register), 16 Aug 2018.
Primary record
the final Guides eliminate the word “natural” from the definition of diamond in Section 23.12(a) because lab-created products that have essentially the same optical, physical, and chemical properties as mined diamonds are also diamonds.
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