Lab-grown diamonds
01.
First, a diamond seed is placed inside a sealed, oven-like chamber. Next, the reactor is filled with gases containing carbon (e.g., methane) and placed under very high pressure and heat. At these extreme conditions, the gases react, or “cook” – yielding a high-carbon molten liquid.
02.
The gases in a plasma cutter are ionized using technology similar to that of microwaves or lasers, which is known as electromagnetic energy.
03.
Carbon-rich gas is ionized, and the pure carbon attaches to a diamond seed. The carbon crystalizes slowly, forming a crystalline structure.
The same, yet so much better...
Here's a quality comparison between lab-grown and mined diamonds.
Lab-grown diamonds
- Never mined. Always conflict-free.
- Better for the environment, better for surrounding communities, better for everyone, really.
- Quality. Guaranteed.
- More affordable
vs.
Mined diamonds
- Complexity and difficulty of tracing in supply chains, including political commodity chains such as blood diamonds
- Child labour, poor working conditions and low wages in supply chain.
- Leave lasting environmental impacts like soil erosion, displaced earth, deforestation and ecosystem destruction
Lab-grown diamond
Lab-grown diamond
We let children
be children, for
it's their right
Parnusée, a promise worth keeping.
Children make up a substantial portion of the diamond mining workforce in many developing countries. In the Lunda Norte province of Angola, children aged 5 to 16 represent 46 percent of the diamond mining workforce.
Children working in the mining industry are not only exploited but because children are smaller than adults, they are more vulnerable to injuries and accidents from work.
Physically challenging tasks such as digging with heavy shovels or carrying bags of gravel lead to injuries and pain. Children are asked to perform dangerous activities such as entering mine shafts or descending into pits where landslides may claim their lives.
It's time to take responsibility, and let children be children, for it's their right, they are our future.
Environmental consumption impact of lab grown vs. mined diamonds
While a mined diamond goes through more than 125 gallons of water to extract one carat, lab-grown diamonds consume as little as 18.
Lab-grown diamonds use 250 million joules (energy) per carat, while their natural counterparts use 538.5 million joules per carat, talk about saving energy.
Lab-grown diamonds emit only 4.8% of the CO2 that mined stones do and in total, air emissions of mined diamond are 1.5 billion times higher
Per carat of mined diamonds nearly 100 square feet of land is disturbed and more than 5798 pounds of mineral waste is created, irreversibly destroying delicate biodiversity. Lab-grown diamonds disrupt just 0.07 square feet of land per carat and only 1 pound of mineral waste.
Lab-grown diamonds are the answer. With lower prices, less environmental impact and the same quality and clarity, you can wear your jewelry with a clean consious.
Room for progress
The future of the diamond industry is bright. Lab-grown gemstones are able to match mined diamonds in both quality and price and though they uphold ethical and environmental standards they are not perfect.
We are excited to see what new technologies await us and we can improve sustainability.
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