Lab Grown Diamond Guidance

Most people buying a diamond for the first time assume that higher clarity automatically means a better stone. It’s an understandable assumption — the grading scale runs from Flawless down to Included, and the instinct is to buy as high as you can afford. But somewhere between VVS1 and VS2 lies a decision that...

Pick up any GIA or IGI grading report and you’ll find a small diagram that looks like a circle with scattered symbols inside it — dots, lines, tiny clouds. Most buyers glance at it and move on to the price. Gemologists spend considerably longer with that diagram, because it tells a story the grade...

Somewhere between a loupe and a light source, a gemologist peers at a diamond for the first time and begins making notes. They’re not looking at sparkle or colour — they’re cataloguing imperfections. Tiny crystals trapped inside. Microscopic cracks. Pinpoint inclusions barely larger than a molecule. And from this meticulous process comes a single...

A diamond is the hardest natural material on earth. Most people know this, repeat it confidently, and then stop there — as if hardness alone explains everything you need to know about a stone’s ability to survive daily life. But ask a gemologist about diamond durability and they’ll immediately split it into three separate...

Your lab grown diamond rates 10 on the Mohs hardness scale — the same as any diamond ever pulled from the earth. That single fact makes people assume the stone is basically indestructible, and then they’re surprised when a princess-cut edge chips after catching a granite countertop, or when a once-brilliant stone starts looking...