Adam O’Grady Becomes Lightbox’s First COO
Lightbox has promoted Adam O’Grady to the newly created role of chief operating officer, effective March 27.
Laboratory diamonds
Will Laboratory grown diamonds take over the market ?
As of 2021 the laboratory-grown diamond trade market was estimated to be worth around $1.9 billion, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan.
What is the difference between a natural mined diamond and a laboratory grown diamond?
The main difference between a natural mined diamond and a laboratory grown diamond is their origin.
Industry-Insider Rapaport Lashes Out Against Lab-Grown Diamonds To No Avail
Martin Rapaport recently released an incendiary memo to the diamond and jewelry industry calling on them to stop doing business in lab-grown diamonds (LGD)
World’s top jewellery maker Pandora ditches mined diamonds
Pandora, the world’s biggest jeweller, is launching a collection using exclusively lab-made diamonds in the US and Canada as part of the company’s strategy to eliminate mined gems and create more affordable products with less associated emissions. The Danish company, which plans to make its operations carbon neutral within three years, said the collection is … Read more
Disruptor’s Dilemma: Has Lightbox Legitimized Lab-Grown?
When De Beers first introduced its Lightbox lab-grown jewelry brand in 2018, the diamond world sat up and took notice. The mining giant had long been outspoken about its belief that synthetic stones were neither special nor unique. And despite having entered the field itself, the company still holds by that sentiment. Since first making … Read more
What is a ‘lab grown diamond’ ?
What is a ‘lab grown diamond’ ? Laboratory grown diamond term is still a source of confusion for many diamond buyers and jewellers. Natural Diamonds have been high coveted and sort after for thousands of years. Diamonds have always been a status symbol for the elite and super wealthy, only becoming available to the general … Read more
LVMH Makes It Official: Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Luxury
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. The Natural Diamond Council established … Read more
IGI Grades Largest Polished Lab-Grown Diamond
The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has graded a 27-carat lab-grown stone that it claims is the world’s largest polished synthetic diamond. Indian lab-grown company Greenlab created the marquise step-cut, 27.27-carat diamond, named Om, IGI said Wednesday. The stone, which has no color enhancement, was grown using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Along with Om, the IGI … Read more
Record Lab-Grown Stone Turns Up at GIA
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently graded the largest known synthetic diamond to be created using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), it claimed Wednesday. The stone, produced by Shanghai Zhengshi Technology, is a princess-cut, 16.41 carat, G colour, VVS2 clarity lab grown diamond. Spectroscopic readings the GIA performed confirmed the stone had no post growth … Read more