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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.

140 stones of 2,114

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Current availability is confirmed on enquiry.

Colour
F
Clarity
VS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-201025-2546

Colour
D
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-220425-1279

Colour
F
Clarity
VS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-200625-1582

Colour
E
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-200625-1583

Colour
D
Clarity
VVS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-190425-1261

Colour
D
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-130625-1386

Colour
D
Clarity
VS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-100126-3042

Colour
F
Clarity
VS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-200625-1605

Colour
E
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-210625-1605

Colour
F
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-130625-1387

Colour
F
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-200625-1612

Colour
F
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-100126-3030

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