Have you ever wondered how those resplendent lab-grown gems are created? Buckle up because we're in for a deep dive, discussing some cool stuff about how those synthetic gemstones are made. Nowadays, ...

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Diamonds form deep within the Earth's mantle, around 250 kilometers below the surface, where immense pressure (up to 10 GPa) and temperatures (around 2,200 °C) compress carbon into diamonds over ...

Diamonds, among the hardest materials in the world, are formed from millions of years of geological pressure and must be extracted from mines deep in the earth. But stones with the same chemical ...

Discover how scientists are creating flawless diamonds without heat or pressure. A new method uses electron beams to turn ...

If you walk into Michaels Jewelers, a family-run chain of jewelry stores in northern Connecticut, to browse the diamond jewelry for a Valentine’s Day gift, you might not notice any difference in the ...

In brief: Chinese researchers have developed a synthetic diamond that is significantly harder and more resilient than those that occur naturally here on Earth. If commercially viable, the new diamond ...

UAB opened its $75 million new science building on Thursday, and physicists are already set up to make diamonds in a basement lab. The diamonds are not for jewelry, but for scientific applications. On ...

De Beers is launching a new company to sell lab-grown diamonds. They will be available to buy starting in September and will cost between $200 for a quarter-carat stone to $800 for a one-carat stone.

Synthetic or lab-grown diamonds are artificially created gems with the same chemical composition and crystal structure as natural diamonds. They can be engineered with specific optical and mechanical ...