HPHT vs CVD Diamonds: Which Growth Method Should You Choose?
Two lab grown diamonds sit side by side. Similar carat weight, similar color and clarity grades, similar price. One is labeled HPHT. The other is labeled CVD. A shopper who has spent an hour reading about the 4Cs now has a new acronym to worry about, and no clear sense of what it means for […]
How Lab Grown Diamonds Are Made: A Clear Guide to HPHT and CVD
A lab grown diamond doesn’t come out of a machine finished. It starts as a thin sliver of existing diamond, called a seed, and grows outward as carbon atoms attach themselves to that seed’s crystal structure over a period of weeks. Nothing is poured into a mold and nothing prints instantly. The process is closer […]