LAB GROWN DIAMONDS SHARE THE SAME CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL COMPOSITION OF NATURAL DIAMONDS. LAB GROWN DIAMONDS LOOK IDENTICAL TO NATURAL DIAMONDS. THEY SHARE THE SAME HARDNESS, BRILLIANCE, AND FIRE, MAKING THEM IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH FROM ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT THE USE OF MAGNIFICATION UNDER A LOUPE.
LAB GROWN DIAMONDS ARE ETHICALLY SOURCED DIAMONDS AS THEY ARE GROWN IN A LAB. THE MAIN REASONS WHY PEOPLE MAY PREFER LAB GROWN DIAMONDS OVER NATURAL DIAMONDS ARE THE AFFORDABILITY FACOR AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ETHICALLY SOURCED. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY FIND A LAB GROWN DIAMOND OF HIGHER CARAT THAN A NATURAL DIAMOND FOR THE SAME PRICE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT NATRUAL DIAMONDS ARE EARTH MINED, CUSTOMERS MAY PREFER LAB GROWN AS THEY ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ARE ETHICALLY SOURCED.
WHEN COMPARING THE LAB GROWN DIAMOND TO THE NATURAL DIAMOND, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING, IS THAT THE COLOR OF THE LAB GROWN DIAMOND IS USUALLY WHITER THAN EARTH MINED NATURAL DIAMOND. THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN CREATING A DIAMOND IN A LAB, THEY TAKE COLOR INTO CONSIDERATION. AS OPPOSED, TO NATURAL DIAMONDS, WHICH THE COLOR MAY SLIGHTLY VARY, DUE THE FACT THAT IS CREATED OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS IN THE EARTH.