Anonymous wrote:Very low resale value but if you don’t care about that buy them. Nobody will be able to tell visually. You need a tester to know the difference. If you want something investment worthy look for natural untreated colored stones with GIA or AGL certifications.

I think people are confused about lab diamonds. A tester won’t detect any difference between lab or mined diamonds. Chemically, they are exactly the same. It’s not like lab diamonds are CZ, which a tester would obviously be able to detect. Are people being purposefully obtuse about this or do they really not understand? Or are they just mad that diamonds are no longer artificially inflated in price?

Anonymous wrote:The lab ones are still too expensive for me to get the big stud earrings I fantasized about.

Buy them from Walmart, best prices!

Very low resale value but if you don’t care about that buy them. Nobody will be able to tell visually. You need a tester to know the difference. If you want something investment worthy look for natural untreated colored stones with GIA or AGL certifications.

I only own mined diamonds, and don’t really buy diamonds for myself, but I think lab diamonds are better. It’s cool to think about how natural diamonds came from deep within the earth and took tens of thousands of years to become what they are, and its charming to imagine some grizzled old Swiss man in a suiting vest polishing that hunk of coal down and examining it using his jewelers loupe….but the steps in between, with the pain and violence of the forced labor of young children, and warlords destroying entire societies to control the mines…..is really icky and stomach turning. Supporting the diamond industry at all promotes demand and normalizes this awful history….

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Anonymous wrote:Why? You'll always know it's not real.

I am banking on the next generation being more evolved than we were!

My son got engaged in Dec. 2024 and his fiance wanted a lab-grown diamond and her ring is beautiful. Most of her friends have them, too.

In your day-to-day life, no one but you will know or care about the difference. As far as resale value, not everyone thinks about jewelry that way. It's not a great investment, so I would advise you not to use that as an excuse to purchase a piece within your budget that will bring you or someone else a little joy in the present.

Whatever makes you happier. Diamonds aren't a need but a want so if you rather have the feeling of owning a real gem, go with that or if you prefer peace of mind for going ethical route, go there. If your main reason is to impress people with the size and cost, go with the largest you can afford. Main reason is for such purchase is to enjoy the feelings it brings. There is no right or wrong decision here. Go enjoy whatever you buy!

I prefer rubies.

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Anonymous wrote:Fake diamonds are always cheaper you do you

They aren’t fake. They are exactly the same, but they are far less costly. At this point, large stones are affordable to a much wider customer base. Diamonds are going to become less desirable because they are no longer exclusive. Everyone can have a sizable diamond now.

Cost is relative. Imagine your wife gets called out in the country club for sporting fake diamonds. The divorce would cost a lot more than you saved buying fake diamonds.

All the people at my county club have loupes made of titanium and encrusted with diamonds and pearls.

You can't distinguish a mined vs lab diamond with a loupe.

Yeah. I was making fun of the poster who implied anyone could tell the difference between lab vs mined diamond.

Ask any jeweler if they would buy back your lab diamond pieces. They will tell you no, but they will most likely buy back a decent spec’s natural diamond piece. That should tell you something.

For anyone looking, check out pricescope. They have lots of great forums and are the best source for learning who the good online companies are for purchasing lab diamonds. Once you learn about the characteristics that matter to you, they have an excellent tool that will let you enter the details for what you want and show you the diamonds for sale by the online vendors.

Pricescope is a great resource and saved me a lot of money.

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Anonymous wrote:Fake diamonds are always cheaper you do you

They aren’t fake. They are exactly the same, but they are far less costly. At this point, large stones are affordable to a much wider customer base. Diamonds are going to become less desirable because they are no longer exclusive. Everyone can have a sizable diamond now.

Cost is relative. Imagine your wife gets called out in the country club for sporting fake diamonds. The divorce would cost a lot more than you saved buying fake diamonds.

All the people at my county club have loupes made of titanium and encrusted with diamonds and pearls.

You can't distinguish a mined vs lab diamond with a loupe.

Anonymous wrote:Like Blade Runner where real animals remained more valuable than synthetic copies, real mined diamonds are typically worth more than lab created diamonds because they are naturally formed, finite, and harder to replace. Even if they look similar, the market often places a premium on rarity, authenticity, and natural origin. Lab diamonds can offer great visual value, but real mined diamonds usually carry stronger prestige and long term perceived worth.

You own a jewelry store, don't you. This is pure bs. The only people buying mined diamonds are the rubes who are dumb enough to walk in to a jewelry store to buy jewelry.

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Anonymous wrote:Fake diamonds are always cheaper you do you

They aren’t fake. They are exactly the same, but they are far less costly. At this point, large stones are affordable to a much wider customer base. Diamonds are going to become less desirable because they are no longer exclusive. Everyone can have a sizable diamond now.

Cost is relative. Imagine your wife gets called out in the country club for sporting fake diamonds. The divorce would cost a lot more than you saved buying fake diamonds.

You are clearly a high school drop out. Lab diamonds are not fake and are mostly indistinguishable from mined diamonds. When they first were created, they "escaped" into the pool of mined diamonds. There are certainly plenty of people around who paid for mined diamonds and got labs.

Anonymous wrote:The lab ones are still too expensive for me to get the big stud earrings I fantasized about.

There are good deals on many of the online sites. I like Ritani.

A local jeweler educated me about lab diamonds and convinced me to drop mined diamonds. I also wanted large stud earrings. He was a great guy but his prices were ridiculous. He price was around 20k for lab 3ct studs. I found high quality labs online for 2k-3.5k. The jewelry stores have ridiculous prices for labs.