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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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A radiant has an emerald cut's outline and a round's sparkle, with cropped corners that resist chipping. Square or rectangular, crushed ice...

Oval studs face up larger than rounds of the same carat. Which length-to-width ratio to choose, which way to wear them, and...

'Cushion' describes an outline and says nothing about faceting — which is what you actually see. Why the two shapes need different...

What the best lab grown diamond engagement ring brand should give you, from an IGI report and a girdle inscription to solid...

One point or two — and one symmetry axis or two, which is why well-cut marquises are genuinely harder to find at...

Two square-ish brilliants that look alike in photographs and differ for one structural reason: what happens at the corners.

Carat is mass, not area — a square outline puts weight into depth. Why these two aren't comparable carat for carat, and...

The only shape whose silhouette the eye already knows — which is why small asymmetries show here and nowhere else. How to...

Elongating doesn't add material, it moves it — so a longer cushion is a narrower one. The ratio bands, and why the...

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