What Are Lab Grown Diamonds? After years of damaging traditionalism in regards to owning genuine, mine-acquired diamonds, the world is finally beginning to accept manmade alternatives as viable, equally beautiful substitutes. Lab-grown diamonds, also known as manmade diamonds, flourish under artificial, highly-controlled environmental conditions that closely simulates the Earth’s natural growing environment. These jewels are identical to their natural counterparts and cost up to 50% less. While natural diamonds may take billions of years to form, lab grown diamonds can develop in a matter of weeks! Are Natural Diamonds and Lab Grown Diamonds the Same? Lab grown diamonds are indistinguishable from Earth mined diamonds in their physical, …show more content…
First, these diamonds cost significantly less to produce and purchase than their natural counterparts, despite their identical composition, structure and beauty. Second, and far mar importantly, they are a socially-conscious alternative to mined gemstones, being both far less ecologically damaging than mine acquired gems and 100% conflict-free. Mining diamonds is energy intensive and ecologically invasive, and often involves infringing on the territorial rights of indigenous groups in other parts of the world. Finally, lab-grown diamonds solve the all too imminent issue of diamond sustainability. The demand for mined diamonds will outpace our ability to supply them by 2019. Thankfully, eco-friendly lab diamonds will be ready and able to bridge the …show more content…
Unfortunately, The Kimberly Process has numerous drawbacks, and has failed to wholly remediate the situation. It exclusively addresses the mining and distribution of conflict diamonds, while avoiding to address important issues regarding the exploitation of workers. Poor working conditions are rampant in afflicted regions, crippling many workers with poor health care, abysmal safety standards, and unfair wages. The use of child labor is particularly disheartening. Furthermore, there is no efficient tracking system in place to monitor diamonds leaving mines, making the proper enforcement of fair practices a challenging