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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.

152 stones of 2,114

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Current availability is confirmed on enquiry.

Colour
F
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-180325-1057

Colour
E
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-240826-3375

Colour
E
Clarity
VS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-020825-2061

Colour
E
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-080626-3293

Colour
E
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-290526-3282

Colour
Fancy Yellowish Brown
Clarity
VS2
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-130726-3357

Colour
Fancy Yellowish Brown
Clarity
VS2
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-250626-3307

Colour
Fancy Yellowish Brown
Clarity
VVS1
Polish
Excellent
Symmetry
Excellent
Report
IGI

TP-020726-3335

Colour
Fancy Vivid Orangy Yellow
Clarity
VS1
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-090925-2304

Colour
Fancy Vivid Yellow
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-030725-1683

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

TP-11-23-5

Colour
Fancy Vivid Blue
Clarity
VVS2
Polish
Very Good
Symmetry
Very Good
Report
IGI

TP-040725-1779

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