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Imagine two round brilliant-cut diamonds displayed side by side. Each is 1 ct. in size, F color, VS2 clarity. One is a natural, mined diamond and the other is lab-grown.
閱讀更多At the end of last year, the diamond industry veteran Joanna Park-Tonks (pictured) took over as president of the International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA). Her predecessor, Richard Garard, had helped found the group in 2016.
閱讀更多His career has been transformed by a seismic shift in the diamond industry. Until two years ago, all the diamonds he inspected were natural - pulled from the ground at diamond mines.
閱讀更多This Valentine’s Day could see gems grown in a lab take market share from natural ones
閱讀更多hether you’re planning to propose to your special someone or just want to treat them with a memorable present, Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to embrace your romantic side. And what better way to do that than by gifting them a sparkling diamond?
閱讀更多Now that lab-grown diamonds are comparable to the mined version, Jason Kohn’s film examines tensions in the jewellery industry
閱讀更多Sharing the brand’s excitement about the partnership with Selfridges.com, Vrai president, Mona Akhavi said: “We are thrilled to partner with Selfridges as their bold sustainability strategy is in unison with our core DNA at Vrai.
閱讀更多The Commerce Ministry on Thursday, February 23, approved the establishment of the India Centre for Lab-Grown Diamonds (InCent-LGD) at IIT Madras at an estimated cost of Rs 243 crore over the next five years. This follows Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement in the Union Budget that the government will encourage the production of lab-grown diamonds in the country via an R&D grant to an IIT for five years and reduction in import duties on raw material.
閱讀更多Fashion jewellery brand Carat* London and lab-grown diamond jewellery brand Gentle Diamonds may seem worlds apart, but both are the creation of founder and CEO Scott Thompson.
閱讀更多Experts and Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff share views on natural diamond prices, lab-grown supply, and diamond jewelry sales in 2023.
閱讀更多A decade ago, lab-grown diamonds were hardly ever used in engagement rings. Now they're expected to make up almost 40% of engagement rings by the end of 2023.
閱讀更多A company which makes synthetic diamonds in Singapore has won a patent case against a member of the international De Beers Group, ending a seven-year court battle over the methods used in growing the gemstones.
閱讀更多Recent measures unveiled in the budget including a focus on lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) and a reduction in basic customs duty on the seeds used in their manufacture are expected to boost exports in the diamond industry and could make India a world leader in the LGD market.
閱讀更多ALTR Created Diamonds founder Amish Shah today announced the launch of a new purpose-driven fine jewelry brand, J'evar. Dedicated to harnessing the power of technology to transition the diamond industry towards a future where there is no compromise between sustainability and beauty. J'evar jewelry is influenced by art and architecture, and designed to be both wearable and relevant, melding the traditional and the contemporary, with an obsessive attention to detail.
閱讀更多The Plumb Club’s Podcasts for March help retailers gain valuable insight into these areas and provide key and actionable tips on both.
閱讀更多They’re hard to tell from the real thing, and celebrities and modern jewellers love them. What’s not to like?
閱讀更多Young people are falling out of love with mined diamonds because of their high environmental and humanitarian costs. How do their alternative, lab-made diamonds, measure up?
閱讀更多Diamonds can now be created in a laboratory in just a few weeks. Producers of synthetic diamonds claim they are identical to the mined stones and more ethical. Lab-grown diamonds are also around a third cheaper. In an attempt to disrupt the disruptors, established diamond companies, including De Beers, are now producing their own lab-grown diamonds. But can synthetic gems ever replace the real thing?
閱讀更多If you choose to buy a piece of diamond jewellery, then you may spend hours researching the cut of the stone and the design of the piece to ensure you're happy with your investment.
閱讀更多Jewelry shoppers are increasingly eying lab-grown diamonds and gemstones, a trend fueled by comparatively high for mined diamonds, increased availability and a growing desire for sparkling statement pieces.
閱讀更多Lab-grown diamonds are the future – or rather the now – of luxury jewellery. Do you know why? Because lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds! This is the hard truth that every natural diamond retailer, miner or investor is sadly very aware of, but is desperate to keep a secret.
閱讀更多On Oct. 20, Breitling announced that in the next few years, it will use only lab-grown diamonds and artisanally sourced gold on its watches.
閱讀更多Quantum research at a University of Chicago lab could help prevent hacking and connect a future web of supercomputers. And these scientists are getting US Gov't money to help them grow diamonds.
閱讀更多US jeweler Kay is warning customers it may be forced to replace lab grown diamonds with natural diamonds. It blames "supply constraints".
閱讀更多My research in how both retailers and consumers are interacting with lab-grown diamonds has pointed to the fact that jewelry retailers who stock lab-grown diamonds are clamoring for more finished lab-grown diamond jewelry collections to add to their assortment ahead of the busy holiday season. My eyes are always on new entries to the lab-grown diamond (LGD) market, via my market research firm TheMVEye. And while new players in the space frequently crop up, here are three new collections you might want to seriously consider.
閱讀更多They include millennials of a certain age, women who buy jewelry for themselves, and “upgraders,” according to The MVEye.
閱讀更多New York (CNN Business)Lab-grown diamonds have become so popular with consumers that some couples are asking jewelers to swap the natural diamond in their rings for a lab-created sparkler.
閱讀更多Love them or hate them… everyone has an opinion on the fastest expanding category in the jewellery business in years. Not least, this year’s JCK jewellery fair in Las Vegas was unofficially dubbed “the lab grown diamond show” - in view of LMVH’s ground-breaking double-digit million-dollar investment in the Israeli grower LUSIX.
閱讀更多Opportunities, strategies, and percentages for selling LGDs to consumers
閱讀更多The International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) announced recently that the cost of the International Gemological Institute’s (IGI) lab-grown diamond e-learning course will be underwritten for its members, with all six of the institute’s diamond-related courses to be offered on IGDA’s training and education page.
閱讀更多A London-based jeweller has claimed that lab-grown diamond rings now account for more than half of its engagement ring sales.
閱讀更多In 2018, the FTC permitted “a mineral consisting essentially of pure carbon crystallized in the isometric system” to be described as a “diamond,” whether naturally occurring or man-made. Ever since then, the jewelry establishment has been erecting barriers of entry for lab-grown diamonds into their lucrative $84 billion global market.
閱讀更多Data teleportation, entanglement, complete encription and qubits all will evolve as lab-grown diamonds growing technologies get better.
閱讀更多Austin-based jewelry designer Kendra Scott, who launched her eponymous line in 2002, has long been a part of the wedding journey, from bridesmaid accessories to wedding bands and anniversary treasures. But today, the designer has finally made an official foray into engagement rings with her debut collection of 11 gorgeous styles.
閱讀更多Adjani said: "Courbet's mission is to reinvent jewelry while respecting the environment. I was touched to the heart by their process of creating diamonds, in a high-tech laboratory, because they are real diamonds with the same precious qualities of purity and transparency as those extracted from the bowels of the earth, from those monstrous craters that ruin the environment. Marilyn would have loved to have them as friends, she who loved nature. That's my instinct."
閱讀更多The war in Ukraine led to the shutdown of one-third of the natural diamond industry, which is heavily reliant on Russian mines. Will lab-grown diamonds fill the gap?
閱讀更多For most of the modern history of the jewelry business, the vast majority of end users (consumers of the product) have been women. Simultaneously, the people controlling the fine jewelry supply pipeline have been men.
閱讀更多It’s Real: Acceptance of Lab-Grown Diamonds Is Expanding Exponentially
閱讀更多t's proposal season, and engagements are on the rise. So are factory-made diamond sales. Not that you'd know the difference. Man-made diamonds look the same as naturally occurring ones. The only noticeable difference is the price tag. "The result is really stunning," said Edahn Golan, an independent diamond industry analyst.
閱讀更多Social and environmental responsibility has recently infiltrated industrial discourse and, in the world of fine jewelry, may permanently alter how people create, buy and sell diamonds.
閱讀更多Tag Heuer its first watch using lab-grown diamonds. Image courtesy of Tag Heuer.
閱讀更多In the 1800s, Oscar Massin made jewelry for queens. Now the brand will focus on lab-grown diamonds and sustainable practices.
閱讀更多MVI Marketing LLC (THE MVEye), the leader in market research for the global gem, jewelry and watch industries, announced the completion of its 2022 Next Gen Consumer Lab-Grown Diamond Market Research Report entitled It Takes a Long Time to Become Young. The report is the result of a comprehensive, quantitative online study with consumers in the USA.
閱讀更多CVD diamond growers and jewelry manufacturers will help India consolidate its competitive advantages in diamonds and jewelry manufacturing.
閱讀更多In a sign that lab-grown diamonds are ready for their moment in the luxury spotlight, a group of Paris-based investors led by former Cartier executives Frédéric de Narp and Coralie de Fontenay have revived a historic but long-forgotten French jewelry name and are positioning the brand for the 21st century with a big focus on man-made diamonds.
閱讀更多One of the richest men in Israel, Benny Landa (pictured) was named Globes‘ “entrepreneur of the decade” in 2016. After making his name in digital printing, he’s gone on to found and fund a number of businesses, including Lusix, which produces lab-grown diamonds. Here, Landa talks with JCK about why he got into lab-grown diamonds, where he thinks prices and the business are going, and what his company brings to the market that’s different.
閱讀更多LuxImpact brings the iconic French house back with an energy and verve fit for the 21st-century.
閱讀更多In April of 2021, Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones lost his father and his hero, Alvin Jones Sr., to complications from COVID-19. Dealing with immense grief, Jones kept his father close to him by wearing his ashes in a football-shaped pendant necklace.
閱讀更多復興的傳統珠寶品牌 Oscar Massin 與名人 Kate Hudson 和 Rachel Zoe 合作推廣其以實驗室培育鑽石為基礎的可持續珠寶。
閱讀更多Hudson 和 Rachel Zoe Ventures 持有這家歷史悠久的法國珠寶商的少數股權，Luximpact 正在藉由重點關注可持續發展來復興該珠寶商。
閱讀更多Harry Winston和Cartier的前高管正在押注回收黃金和實驗室培育鑽石，以重振一家擁有160年歷史的巴黎珠寶商，該珠寶商深受Empress Eugénie和Anna Wintour的青睞。
閱讀更多Luximpact是一家新的投資公司，希望重振歷史悠久的法國珠寶公司，並幫助他們將可持續材料和對社會負責的做法作為其核心。
閱讀更多聯合首席執行官De Narp和De Fontenay以及創意總監De Laage曾共同為Cartier、Harry Winston和De Beers等傳奇珠寶品牌工作，但重新推出Oscar Massin提供了新的機會，將可持續性和可追溯性放在奢侈品品牌的第一線。
閱讀更多由路易·卡地亞(Louis Cartier) 曾孫創立的高級珠寶和訂婚戒指定製品牌Jean Dousset發布了2021年訂婚戒指調查結果，揭示了消費者對實驗室製造鑽石戒指的洞察、購買趨勢以及對較大鑽石的偏好。訂婚戒指推動了消費者對實驗室培育鑽石的興趣。
閱讀更多Brilliant Earth Group Inc. 使用區塊鏈追踪其部分鑽石的所有權路徑，這是這家新上市的珠寶公司利用技術和透明度吸引目標千禧一代和Z世代客戶的方式之一。
閱讀更多發展中國家經常說，富裕國家不公平地將它們作為目標，以保護地球為由遏制其經濟增長。 這場辯論正在印度上演，那裡擁有瀕臨滅絕物種的森林正受到威脅。印度中部布克斯瓦哈森林的地下蘊藏著價值數十億美元的鑽石。中央邦政府表示，該礦將帶來就業機會，但當地人表示他們的生活將被摧毀。
閱讀更多在過去的12個月中，Diamond Collective看見大眾對實驗室製造鑽石的興趣激增，消費者尋求更實惠的珠寶選擇。
閱讀更多2022年將是婚禮之年。根據婚禮報告，在經歷了兩年的平靜之後，明年將有250萬對新人結婚，2020年只有1.3對結婚，2021年只有190萬對。這將打破1984年創下的婚姻記錄。
閱讀更多零售專家和珠寶商制訂了同時銷售實驗室培育鑽石和開採鑽石的最佳策略。隨著實驗室培育鑽石的知名度和可用性在過去幾年中急劇增加，這種開採鑽石的替代品，對於精明的珠寶商，既是挑戰，也是巨大的機遇。
閱讀更多2021年6月下旬，位於華盛頓特區的WD Lab Grown Diamonds旗下的實驗室培育鑽石公司Latitude宣布，它是世界上第一家也是唯一一家生產碳中和實驗室培育鑽石的鑽石公司，開啟了珠寶歷史的新篇章。更重要的是，它也是氣候中和。
閱讀更多作為開採鑽石的另一種選擇，實驗室培育鑽石面臨著一場艱苦的戰鬥，要被珠寶行業認可成為可接受的開採鑽石替代品。
閱讀更多Diamond Foundry本周宣布計劃將其實驗室培育鑽石的產量提高到每年500萬克拉。這是一個巨大的數字。去年全球實驗室培育鑽石的總產量為700 萬克拉。其中只有100萬克拉是美國種植的（根據 Statista的數據）。 因此，當這家矽谷初創公司表示，它的產量增長了五倍，將其產量提高到500萬克拉，改變了遊戲規則。
閱讀更多英國設計師Jenny Packham與擁有101年歷史的珠寶零售商Helzberg Diamonds推出了獨家新娘珠寶系列，其中包括業內首個無色實驗室培育鑽石系列。
閱讀更多Balmain 通常比其他追求高級訂制時裝的同類產品領先一步。現在，這家巴黎時裝公司宣布了它打算如何保持處在裁縫方向的最前端——它涉及實驗室培育的鑽石。
閱讀更多數十億年前，當世界還很年輕時，寶藏就開始在地下深處形成。隨著地球構造板塊的邊緣向下沉入上地幔，一些碳、一些可能來自早已死去的生命形式的碳，被融化並壓縮成堅硬的格柵。
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