In a world full of dupes, it can be challenging to distinguish between a real diamond and a fake one. Jewellery expert Goodstone reports that diamond scams cost consumers an estimated $8bn per year.
"Awareness of the LGDs has significantly increased and almost every customer is aware that lab diamonds are absolutely real as they are also made of carbon and identical to mined diamonds," she said.
Enter Jennifer Aydin’s camera and attitude. Aydin clapped back after the man who identified as a lawyer made a dig about her “fake diamonds.” “My husband’s a medical doctor, okay, a**hole. And all my ...
In 2019, jewelers who upgraded a customer from a 1-to-1.49-carat natural diamond to a 2-carat lab-grown one made $1,500 more in gross profit, according to the BCG report. But in 2023, those ...
A new way to make ultra-thin diamond wafers using sticky tape could help produce diamond-based electronics, which might one day be a useful alternative to silicon-based designs. Diamond has ...
If you pay $10,000 for a diamond and the cost of figuring out whether it's real or not is about $100,000, then it makes no sense to differentiate real from fake. This is why wealth is not sold in ...