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Imperial Star Gems

Lab-grown loose diamonds

The same material, a different origin, stated openly on every report. Filter to the specification you need and enquire on any stone.

What lab-grown actually means

What it is

Carbon in the same cubic lattice as a mined diamond, with the same hardness, refractive index and dispersion. It is a diamond by material definition, not a substitute for one.

How it is made

Either by chemical vapour deposition, where carbon is layered onto a seed in a plasma chamber, or by high pressure and high temperature, which reproduces mantle conditions directly. Weeks, rather than a geological age.

How to tell

Not by eye, and not with a thermal probe. Laboratories identify grown material by its growth structure and trace elements, and every grown stone is laser-inscribed and reported as such.

What it means for you

Larger sizes and higher clarity for a given budget, with an origin stated plainly on the report. Resale behaves differently from natural goods, and that is worth understanding before you buy.

69 stones of 2,114

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Current availability is confirmed on enquiry.

Colour
Fancy Yellow Brown
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-150825-2206

Colour
Fancy Vivid Yellow
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-030725-1680

Colour
Fancy Vivid Blue
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-11-23-5

Colour
Fancy Intense Pink
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-080825-2138

Colour
Fancy Intense Pink
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-191225-2890

Colour
Fancy Intense Pink
Clarity
SI1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-14082024-629

Colour
Fancy Intense Pink
Clarity
SI1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-081125-2574

Colour
Fancy Intense Pink
Clarity
SI1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-11-23-20

Colour
Fancy Vivid Pink
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-091024-766

Round 6.50 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
E
Clarity
SI1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

IPRLFCT80848

Pear 4.19 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
E
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

IPRLFCT64033

Pear 1.02 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
F
Clarity
SI1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

IPRLFCT99312

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