by Benn Harvey-Walker | Jan 9, 2020 | Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Fine Jewellery, Ideas, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
A few short years ago lab-created diamonds weren’t even on people’s radar, much less considered a serious option for engagement ring buyers. That situation is rapidly changing. Since about 2017, they’ve become readily available in the general diamond jewellery market...
by Melinda Bailey | Nov 25, 2019 | Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Ideas, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
If you are in the market for a diamond engagement ring (or other diamond jewellery), the option of buying lab-created diamonds may be on your radar. 18 months ago, they barely rated a mention. But for many reasons, lab-created diamonds are currently making a splash in...
by Benn Harvey-Walker | Aug 16, 2019 | Advice, Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
As demand slumps and prices drop, the diamond industry looks to be heading into a crisis phase — at least that’s what industry insiders are saying. Couple that with increasing competition between mine-origin and lab-created producers and you have a recipe for...
by Benn Harvey-Walker | May 23, 2019 | Advice, Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Fair Trade, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
The rise and rise of laboratory grown diamonds has ramped up competition in the jewellery industry. It has launched a war of words where each side of the natural vs man-made debate is using Climate Change as a club to beat each other about the head.Meanwhile consumers...
by Benn Harvey-Walker | Apr 29, 2019 | Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond, Trends
The marketing ‘war’ going on right now between mine-origin and lab-grown diamonds is fascinating to watch and a lesson for anyone wanting to break into a well-established, old school marketplace – or defend it.If I didn’t know better, it’d be easy for me to...
by Benn Harvey-Walker | Apr 4, 2019 | Advice, Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Fair Trade, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond, Trends
Twenty-something years ago, if I’d posed the question: “Can one diamond be more ethical than another?”, I’m confident I would’ve received a lot of blank stares as my answer.Back then few consumers would have put the words ‘ethics’ and ‘diamonds’ in the same sentence....
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