WHY DO LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS HAVE FLAWS AND INCLUSIONS?

This really does seem like a legit question. I mean really, if man is creating these diamonds under strict laboratory settings, then why aren’t they all perfectly free of flaws and inclusions?

It really makes you scratch your head, doesn’t it?

But here’s the truth:

Lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds, the chemical composition and DNA of a lab-created stone versus a diamond made in nature, is identical. There are no variances between them. Side-by-side you would never know which diamond was which.

This is because lab-grown diamonds are grown the exact same way as nature grows, with pure carbon. They use extreme heat and pressure to force diamonds particles to crystallize and grow. Picture ice forming on your windshield, it grows bigger and bigger, expanding out in intricate patterns of flowers and ferns. It’s science at work.

But growth is not perfect nor consistent.

Inclusions can be formed inside the diamond, meaning you can get white spots, black spots, trapped flux, feathers, remnants, impurities, which all crystallize when the diamond cools. It’s perfectly normal. Unlike diamond lookalikes like CZ’s or synthetics, that are not grown like a real diamond is. These imitations can be perfectly clean and almost transparent like glass. And without inclusions, they just look fake.

Almost any flaw that can be found in an earth-made diamond can be found in a lab-grown diamond, except for one particular type of inclusion;

Gemstones.

Another gemstone showing up inside a diamond is an unusual and rare occurrence, but it does happen. In nature, sometimes other gems and minerals get trapped inside a diamond when it forms. Nature is chaotic. Gemstones like red garnet, green peridot, zircon, rutile, and apatite intertwine. These gemstones aren’t present when grown in a laboratory. So you’ll never see anything but other diamond inclusions.

Laboratories still grow flaws, because they’re growing diamonds. But it’s actually just other diamond fragments that grow differently than the surrounding area. Sort of like a knot in a tree. The result is impressive and amazing, and can be graded just like any diamond sourced from a diamond mine.

And the higher up the grading chart, the fewer and smaller flaws are found.

Just like these incredible lab grown diamonds here at James Allen.

Cheers! :)