Natural and lab grown diamond jewelry

[rs242]

This is lab grown , if you dm me I can explain further

Ok I was asking Bec u didn’t specify.

[Hampton22]

Half lab diamond bracelet

3500

[JMHO]

Half lab diamond bracelet

What is 'half lab'?

[Hampton22]

Diamonds are half set , not all the way around

[Hampton22]

if anyone is looking for something feel free to ask to get a quote. compare your prices before buying!

[jye]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-wedding-season-diamonds-face-a-challenge-171c9e7

The idea of going for lab grown has become way more compelling over the last few years, as prices  have dropped like a rock vs mined diamonds. Why pay five times the price for something that is indistinguishable even to a Jeweler with a magnifying glass?

[rs242]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-wedding-season-diamonds-face-a-challenge-171c9e7

The idea of going for lab grown has become way more compelling over the last few years, as prices  have dropped like a rock vs mined diamonds. Why pay five times the price for something that is indistinguishable even to a Jeweler with a magnifying glass?

The fact the price went from 6,000 to 1,000 in 5 years is a reason to buy?

[avromie7]

The fact the price went from 6,000 to 1,000 in 5 years is a reason to buy?

Why pay 5500 for real when you can get something that looks and acts exactly the same for 1500? If you're looking for an investment, real diamonds are not a great investment either, they lost more than 30% after accounting for inflation over the past 7 years.

[rs242]

Why pay 5500 for real when you can get something that looks and acts exactly the same for 1500? If you're looking for an investment, real diamonds are not a great investment either, they lost more than 30% after accounting for inflation over the past 7 years.

I agree it’s not a investment. But what are u paying 1500 for? The fact that it looks like a real one?

[avromie7]

I agree it’s not a investment. But what are u paying 1500 for? The fact that it looks like a real one?

A nice piece of jewelry. The same thing you would be paying $5500 for.

[Hampton22]

A nice piece of jewelry. The same thing you would be paying $5500 for.

agreed, its 100 percent identical to a diamond in the chemical composition,

no where on your real diamond does it state its natural soooo something just to think about,

If you want to invest , do it in natural yellow, blue, pink, red diamonds. You can pull those charts and see how the price has gone up.

[jye]

The fact the price went from 6,000 to 1,000 in 5 years is a reason to buy?

It’s really a no win situation. Lab created diamonds are clearly on the way to becoming dominant in the market. As the market share goes from 30% to 50 and then 70% and the cost to produce them continues to fall, there’s going to be downward pressure on the price of mined diamonds as well due to oversupply.

Then the question becomes do you pay $6000 for a piece that will slowly lose value relative to inflation or do you pay $900 for the identical lab created piece that may eventually drop to $500. My guess is that more and more people go with the latter. After all you are buying an item ideantical in looks, properties, and chemical composition. You can take the 5k you are saving, invest it at a fairly average return, and come out way ahead even after accounting for the price drop of the lab created version.

[JMHO]

Then the question becomes do you pay $6000 for a piece that will slowly lose value relative to inflation or do you pay $900 for the identical lab created piece that may eventually drop to $500. My guess is that more and more people go with the latter. After all you are buying an item ideantical in looks, properties, and chemical composition. You can take the 5k you are saving, invest it at a fairly average return, and come out way ahead even after accounting for the price drop of the lab created version.

I don't think the average Joe is buying one diamond or piece of jewelry as an investment....

Time will tell!

[JMHO]

The fact the price went from 6,000 to 1,000 in 5 years is a reason to buy?

Wait a few weeks and all the offers in this thread should become cheaper

[aygart]

It’s really a no win situation. Lab created diamonds are clearly on the way to becoming dominant in the market. As the market share goes from 30% to 50 and then 70% and the cost to produce them continues to fall, there’s going to be downward pressure on the price of mined diamonds as well due to oversupply.

So you have sources for such growth in market share? Is that the trend? Over the same time period mined diamonds rose in price.

I've seen a number of stats about the growth of lab grown but none are in comparison to mined.

[Hampton22]

if anyone has and custom pieces to order, please dm me ?

[dealfinder11]

my two cents and understanding. Please correct me if i am misunderstanding something.

1. Understanding the context for diamonds' inflated value as a De Beers ingenious marketing ploy, less than a hundred years old, is really important.

2. the social conscience element is really important as well.

3. Lab Grown diamonds are 100% real. Natural diamonds are distinguishable as they have natural flaws, which lab-growns do not.

4. The cost of producing Lab Growns has shrunk considerably.

5. De Beers themselves have become a large manufacturer/retailer of Lab Growns, through Lightbox.

[Alexsei]

my two cents and understanding. Please correct me if i am misunderstanding something.

1. Understanding the context for diamonds' inflated value as a De Beers ingenious marketing ploy, less than a hundred years old, is really important.

2. the social conscience element is really important as well.

3. Lab Grown diamonds are 100% real. Natural diamonds are distinguishable as they have natural flaws, which lab-growns do not.

4. The cost of producing Lab Growns has shrunk considerably.

5. De Beers themselves have become a large manufacturer/retailer of Lab Growns, through Lightbox.

Why can't the labs produce 100% natural diamonds with the flaws so that they are indistinguishable?

[YitzyS]

Why can't the labs produce 100% natural diamonds with the flaws so that they are indistinguishable?

I am not an expert but I imagine because the whole basis of the diamond business is trust and having a verified proof of origin. That's why blood diamonds have so little value, because nobody will just buy them without knowing where they are from. No reputable dealer will buy or sell without knowing the exact source. Therefore, it doesn't really help to make flaws, because it will still be revealed that it's lab grown, in which case, why would you want a flaw?

Just my guess as to the answer.

[rs242]

Lab diamonds sure do have flaws and most diamond dealers don’t know the origin of a diamond.