Diamonds have long been the ultimate symbol of love and commitment, their sparkling brilliance forever linked to life’s most emotional moments. Thanks to decades of marketing genius—most notably from ...
Last year, a funny thing happened at Ring Concierge’s Manhattan showroom. A bride-to-be brought her engagement ring back to the popular jewelry store after wearing it for a few weeks and wanted to ...
The lab-grown diamond boom is over, jewelry industry experts say. Lab-grown gems are mainstream now and real diamonds are back in vogue, analysts told Business Insider. Prices for lab-grown diamonds ...
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Mined diamonds are facing a sharp decline in demand and value, with major miners like DeBeers and Vale reporting significant drops in earnings due to the competition from lab-grown diamonds. The shift ...
It takes intense pressure and temperatures north of 2,000 degrees for a diamond to form deep within the Earth. But these days, there’s another way to create a diamond: in a lab, where a diamond can go ...
Lab diamonds are entirely man made. PARIS -- They say diamonds are forever, but it's become crystal clear the diamond industry is changing. Pandora, the world's largest jeweler, sent shockwaves ...
In New York, a stretch of 47th Street is known as the Diamond District for the countless gem shops and appraisers that occupy just about every storefront and office. Some 40 blocks south, Pandora ...
Lab-grown diamonds are shining in 2025, and not just because they can be a much more affordable choice than their natural, mined counterparts. These days, couples are increasingly involved in the ring ...
One of the most striking trends to hit the jewelry market in recent years is difficult to escape, lab-grown diamonds. These pieces created as an alternative to natural diamonds have grown in ...
Nearly half of engagement ring center stones (46%) sold in 2023 were lab-grown, according to a survey by The Knot. 1 Buyers ...
More consumers are gravitating toward man-made diamonds for their striking similarity to natural rocks and their relative affordability. In 2015, sales of lab diamonds made up less than 1% of all ...