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Lab Grown Diamonds

Guides, stories, and answers about lab-grown diamonds, moissanite, and fine jewellery — written by our atelier.

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Buying a Matched Pair

The hardest matching problem in jewellery, because both objects are worn at the same height, on the same person, at the same...

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The hardest matching problem in jewellery, because both objects are worn at the same height, on the same person, at the same...

How our oval lab grown diamond ring with a shared prong band is built, how shared prong differs from pavé, what E...

Clarity grading is calibrated for arm's length. A pendant is seen at a metre, by other people — which changes what is...

How our pear lab grown diamond leaf wreath bridal set is designed, why the band nests into the wreath, how the pear's...

How our elongated radiant lab grown diamond half bezel ring is built, why wrapping the short ends protects all four corners, what...

How our oval lab grown diamond bridal set with marquise station bands is built, what its E colour VVS2 IGI-certified centre means...

The report was never the important object. The number was — and on most modern stones it's written on the stone rather...

A stone has no light of its own; it returns what the room gives it. Why shops, photographs and your kitchen never...

Cheaper lab grown stones have made silver settings a real option for diamond rings. Where 925 silver works well, where it does...

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