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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.

889 stones of 2,114

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Current availability is confirmed on enquiry.

Round 1.50 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-280626-3329

Round 1.50 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
E
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Very Good
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-290526-3280

Round 1.34 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
E
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-190425-1260

Round 1.30 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
E
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-190425-1258

Round 1.20 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-060126-2953

Round 1.09 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
E
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-150826-3372

Round 1.01 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
F
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-030926-3381

Round 1.00 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Very Good
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-180526-3260

Round 0.96 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Ideal
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-100425-1221

Round 0.79 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-220725-1984

Round 0.74 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-220725-1988

Round 0.74 ct

Lab-grown
Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Cut
Excellent
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-191225-2923

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