Mapple Gems Journal

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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On an oval, position beats grade more decisively than on any other shape. A map of where inclusions hide, which one to...

A brilliant cut hides; a step cut reveals. That single difference decides which colour and clarity grades you have to buy, and...

An oval faces up larger per carat; a cushion protects better and hides more. The deciding variable on a cushion is crushed...

Two elongated brilliants that look related and behave differently. Size per carat, the point problem, symmetry checks and how each shape ages...

No, and it isn't close. Why resale doesn't exist for lab grown, what actually holds value in a piece of jewellery, and...

Two carats is now roughly the market average centre stone. What a 2ct oval measures in millimetres, what changes in the setting...

Colour is graded face-down against white and worn face-up surrounded by metal. In yellow gold that changes which grade is worth paying...

Elongated ovals are the most requested lab grown shape of 2026. What the word actually means, where the elongation stops helping, and...

The length-to-width ratio decides whether an oval reads long and elegant or round and full. It is never printed on the report,...

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