Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Lab Grown Diamonds

Lab-grown diamonds have become increasingly popular in the past few years. However, there's still a lot of confusion around lab-grown diamonds. To help you out, we've put together this guide on how to avoid common mistakes when buying a lab-grown diamond.

Not Knowing The Difference Between Lab-Grown Diamonds And CVD Diamonds

In order to really get what you're paying for, it's important to know how a lab-grown diamond is created. The process starts with the seed, which is essentially a lump of carbon that has been grown into a diamond using high pressure and temperature. Natural diamonds are created in this same way over millions of years underground, but the difference between natural and lab-grown diamonds is that the latter only takes about two weeks.

While CVD diamonds are often confused with lab-grown ones (and vice versa), they're actually different things altogether: while both have similar chemical compositions, CVDs can be found naturally in the earth. Since they come from the ground rather than being artificially designed in a lab like LBDs do, their value tends to be much lower than that of their highly-controlled counterparts; however, most people who buy them aren't looking for monetary gain anyway—they simply want beautiful jewelry without spending too much money on it!

Not Choosing The Right Shape

Choosing the right shape for your lab-grown diamond is important and can have a big impact on how it looks. For example, many people have a preference for round cut diamonds. But if you’re looking at lab-grown diamonds, think about the other shapes that might be available.

• Emerald Cut: The emerald cut is similar to an emerald shape but smaller and with more facets. This shape works well for both men and women and will add sparkle to any piece of jewelry you wear it in or on top of (like in an engagement ring).

• Princess Cut: Also known as modified square cuts, princess cuts are great because they let you see more of the stone than other shapes do while still being eye-catching enough that they don’t feel dull when worn alone on something like a band ring.

Not Considering Your Setting

As you are considering your purchase, keep in mind that the setting is just as important to consider as the diamond itself. A good fit is essential to any ring, and it's important that the center stone be the right size and shape for its setting. If you're not sure what cut or quality of diamond will work best with your chosen setting, ask your jeweler before buying.

Not Knowing What Cut to Choose

The shape of a diamond is the second-most important factor when discussing quality and value. Diamonds come in many different shapes, including round, oval and pear. The most popular cut is the round brilliant cut, which is how most lab grown diamonds are created.

However, there are also other cuts that can be used to create diamonds and they may affect their appearance more than others. These include:

• Hearts or Princess Cuts - these have 57 or 58 facets on each sides of the stones' crown (the top half) or pavilion (the bottom half). These cuts offer very good brilliance but with less dispersion than even excellent rounds do because their crowns have no table facet underneath them; this means that light doesn't get spread out as much before entering into your eye's pupil so it looks brighter than a regular round brilliant diamond would look under similar lighting conditions!

• Asscher Cuts - these are square in shape with step facets on all sides instead of flat ones like on traditional Round Brilliant cuts; this gives off more sparkle since there are more reflections happening inside it!

Conclusion

In summary, if you’re considering purchasing a lab grown solitaire or lab-grown diamonds, there are a few things to keep in mind. First and foremost, know that they’re real diamonds. You can do this by asking your local jeweler about the origin of their stones and checking with GIA or EGL certification. And second—there are so many different options when deciding on the cut, color grade and other details of your stone, so make sure you choose what’s right for your needs! Whether it's an anniversary gift or just because time went by too fast without getting anything new yet again (ahem), I hope these tips have given you some food for thought when shopping around next time.