This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Lab-made, synthetic diamonds are becoming increasingly similar in quality, cut, and clarity to natural ones.

It's proposal season, and engagements are on the rise. So are factory-made diamond sales.Not that you'd know the difference. Man-made diamonds look the same as naturally occurring ones. The only ...

Lab-grown diamonds have become so popular with consumers that some couples are asking jewelers to swap the natural diamond in their rings for a lab-created sparkler. "Just last week we had three or ...

Experts explain the difference between lab-grown and natural diamonds, along with which one to buy. Editors share their ...

(CBS 58) -- More and more people are buying man-made diamonds, ones grown in a lab and not naturally mined. But, what's the difference? Here's what you need to know before popping the question.

The day may come when the diamonds adorning red-carpet celebrities come from a factory in Florida rather than a mine in Liberia, but don't expect a huge paradigm shift just yet. Synthetic-diamond ...

One of the most striking trends to hit the jewelry market in recent years is difficult to escape, lab-grown diamonds. These pieces created as an alternative to natural diamonds have grown in ...