Are Lab Grown Diamonds WORTH IT in 2023?? 💎 (UPDATED)

Are Lab Grown Diamonds worth it? Should you buy a Lab Diamond Engagement Ring? Are you wondering if lab grown diamonds are right for you?
If these are questions on your mind about diamonds, we've got you covered. This is the Ultimate guide.
This video will break down everything you need to know about buying a lab grown diamond ring. From lab grown diamonds how they are made, to why they might be a better choice than natural diamonds.
We'll also do a comparison of a 2ct natural diamond and a 2ct lab grown diamond at the end of the video!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - What Are Lab Diamonds?
1:02 - What Are The Main Properties?
1:51 - Price
4:09 - Stone Comparison
4:50 - How To Tell Them Apart?
5: 36 - Sustainability
6:09 - Outro
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  • @CullenJewellery
    @CullenJewellery Жыл бұрын

    🚨WATCH NEXT🚨 - Breaking down the most expensive royal engagement rings: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3xn1qyodLHXibQ.html

  • @vickyburton2434
    @vickyburton243410 ай бұрын

    I have both and will never spend the money for natural diamonds again. Try selling your natural diamonds and you will see they are worth half (maybe) what you buy them for.

  • @conormason8989

    @conormason8989

    8 ай бұрын

    What??? You are so wrong. Natural diamonds sell for way more. False advertising you are selling. Lab/ synthetic. No thanks

  • @vickyburton2434

    @vickyburton2434

    8 ай бұрын

    @@conormason8989 no sir, you are incorrect. These are not synthetics. These are real and there is no reason to spend more than you need to for the same product.

  • @Chebito710

    @Chebito710

    7 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@conormason8989you’re so wrong bro. Just say you’ve never bought jewelry before. Go take a diamond chain to a jeweler. They will offer you half of what you paid for it. She even says it in the video 😭

  • @conormason8989

    @conormason8989

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Chebito710 haha u missed my point. Your an idiot.

  • @paultidwell8799

    @paultidwell8799

    5 ай бұрын

    The fact that resale value on even mined diamonds are so low ought to make you suspicious about why that's the case, and the moment you look into it, you start to realize certain companies have hoarded the supply in order to manipulate the market and keep prices artificially inflated, has nothing to do with your Diamonds being 50 percent less valuable, they haven't lost half of their value, the Diamond companies hoard supply in order to artificially inflate the price. Your Diamond was ALWAYS worth about what they'll pay you for it on resale.

  • @davidwong7283
    @davidwong7283 Жыл бұрын

    i am a jeweller in singapore . i am trying to offload my naturals at cost price ...but 90% of time still lose to a lab grown . when clients see what they pay for a 0.5ct and yet can get a 1ct lab , they always choose lab . there is a war between lab & natural cutters going on . try doing this experiment ....when a seller rejects or admonishes u for looking for lab , walk away ....you know what happens ? he may follow u from behind and say ...excuse me sir , i also have lab . ( quietly ) . this happened to me alot of times at the Diamond fairs in thailand and hongkong . haha ....

  • @danieljones7501

    @danieljones7501

    11 ай бұрын

    Are lab diamonds harder to sell on though do the drop massively in. Value

  • @toomanymarys7355

    @toomanymarys7355

    10 ай бұрын

    That is interesting. Most American women won't accept lab for wedding rings.

  • @davidwong7283

    @davidwong7283

    10 ай бұрын

    @@toomanymarys7355 Too Bad Mary you wont understand becos you are not in the business , all i can do to show you the truth is this latest article from the israeli diamond industry , i copied exactly > " According to Edahn Golan, overall jewelry and diamond unit sales fell 5.1% in July, after falling 2.8% in June. The combined value of jewelry and diamond sales fell 10.8% year-on-year in July, “adding to the 8.7% decline in June,” says the analyst. Meanwhile, sales of loose lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) “gained a 50% share of units sold.” so incase you dont know what all these means ? basically Lab diamonds has gained a 50% share of the market in terms of certified loose stones . Its very serious becos it was 25-30% only last year . This Trajectory is very concerning . Its like how Americans do not actually understand their country is declining or that the G7 is already losing to the BRICS . Yes this is the New World Order . Diamonds included .

  • @Benm8_

    @Benm8_

    10 ай бұрын

    It’s shocking how so many people will defend natural diamond when lab grown are the same if not better also the natural diamond industry is extremely shady in there practices of mining diamonds

  • @davidwong7283

    @davidwong7283

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Benm8_ Exactly ...you see this jeweller touting his diamonds with type2A as the 2% rarest .....well i got news for you . All CVD lab diamonds use Type2A diamond seed . haha .....

  • @verydenise
    @verydenise Жыл бұрын

    Convinced! I chose a lab grown diamond. It felt silly not to. Loooove this video. Well done! You covered a lot.

  • @Stonewallx39
    @Stonewallx39 Жыл бұрын

    Not a lot of channels have the courage to talk about the market manipulation. The cost of mined diamonds is driven up by marketing and market manipulation. With a lab created diamond you will have a beautiful forever diamond for the fraction of the cost and no guilt.

  • @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    3 ай бұрын

    why guilt ?

  • @robertandrews5434

    @robertandrews5434

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@user-sk2ix7fv2q Some people feel guilty that they're buying "blood diamonds".

  • @user-ir3fv6ds1e
    @user-ir3fv6ds1e10 ай бұрын

    As a jewelry sales person. I love the information in this video.

  • @talhahn4814
    @talhahn4814 Жыл бұрын

    Easily the best video on KZread about this subject.

  • @MeritMan
    @MeritMan Жыл бұрын

    This video definitely has some key info. Thanks

  • @SN-hg6bx
    @SN-hg6bx Жыл бұрын

    Awsome intel!!👍

  • @drealeven
    @drealeven Жыл бұрын

    This video is everything! Thank you! I also have worked in the Jewelry Industry and all these points are so important to tell clients!

  • @CullenJewellery

    @CullenJewellery

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @ashleyscharf7503
    @ashleyscharf7503 Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos! Super informative and engaging!

  • @CullenJewellery

    @CullenJewellery

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @joshuacullen346
    @joshuacullen346 Жыл бұрын

    Very insightful

  • @CullenJewellery

    @CullenJewellery

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Josh!

  • @sjay149
    @sjay1499 ай бұрын

    Jewelers are establishing their prices for Lab Grown Diamonds at 60% of the value of a Natural Diamond. Customers are willing to spend over $10,000 on a large LGD. Large budgets need protection, from loss. Insurance companies sell policies, but they determine how much to pay on a claim, by verifying the stone’s replacement value (at the time of the claim). Insurance companies only pay 1/8th of the policy value for a lost stone (LGD) and 70% of the setting’s value, so get a detailed breakdown of the cost of the CAD design, the wax moldings, the materials, and the labor on your receipt. Without a detailed LGD receipt, a $9,000 ring might bring a claim check of $850.

  • @Accnews_
    @Accnews_ Жыл бұрын

    Hi, did you have fine jewelry in USA 🇺🇸 I need to buy earrings for my first girl? Tks

  • @vickyburton2434
    @vickyburton243410 ай бұрын

    Watch Debeers buy out all the machines so they can jack these prices up also just as they did with natural labs.

  • @usfanlovesminho5085

    @usfanlovesminho5085

    8 ай бұрын

    LOL I believe you're over thinking this. De Beers will never be able to buy all the machines even if they wanted to plus their making their own labs already anyway.

  • @seemahmoud
    @seemahmoud10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the info. What is the name of the tool you used to verify the diamond stone?

  • @isedmedia6619
    @isedmedia661910 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the "clarity" lol. Great video.

  • @Jaymim
    @Jaymim2 ай бұрын

    Very clear, frank and objective presentation. Thank you very much.

  • @vivianvo7014
    @vivianvo701410 ай бұрын

    So agreed with you on everything!

  • @cindimams4394
    @cindimams43946 ай бұрын

    I plan on passing down my jewelry to my children and it gives me a little peace of mind knowing if they are ever in a financial bind they’ll have a little something of value when I’m no longer on this planet.

  • @pepeschley143
    @pepeschley143 Жыл бұрын

    Love video! Do you know where I can create a lab diamond pendant or chain!

  • @CullenJewellery

    @CullenJewellery

    Жыл бұрын

    Send our sales team a message! We may be able to help you out 😀

  • @GnosticCushite
    @GnosticCushite Жыл бұрын

    What is the name of the beat in the beginning of the video?

  • @michaelgallagher3575
    @michaelgallagher357510 ай бұрын

    Well done.

  • @RaunakSharma-kv6my
    @RaunakSharma-kv6myАй бұрын

    vvery informative video

  • @aubreegrelle9398
    @aubreegrelle93987 ай бұрын

    Save money up front-YES! My daughter will still get my gorgeous lab diamonds. Not everything is about making money. I won’t ever sell my rings!

  • @user-ht4hk3rp2i
    @user-ht4hk3rp2i6 ай бұрын

    I have both - each in a ring that I wear daily. To the naked eye there is no difference. I'm team lab diamonds from now on!

  • @cindimams4394
    @cindimams43946 ай бұрын

    I think people should just go with whatever makes them happy. There’s way too much judgement on both sides. Live and let live.

  • @deist921
    @deist9218 ай бұрын

    Good video. One suggestion, replace the word “cheaper” with “less expensive”. Cheap refers to quality but I know you are talking about cost. The average person doesn’t want to her this diamond is cheaper than that one. That diamond is less expensive than that one. Which would you rather hear?

  • @eileendunn4362
    @eileendunn4362Ай бұрын

    Lab diamonds for me from now on!!

  • @lindagillan8187
    @lindagillan8187 Жыл бұрын

    I prefer buying these & so do many jewellery stores which is amazing as We're saving our planet 😀

  • @usfanlovesminho5085

    @usfanlovesminho5085

    8 ай бұрын

    How so? We would not be mining anymore which is good for the planet but the pollution caused by lab diamonds with green house gases is bad for the planet not to mention the energy needed to make just one lab diamond. Either way, both are not good for the planet, labs are at the end of the day just much cheaper to buy.

  • @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    3 ай бұрын

    saving the planet haha how ? do you know how much coal they have to burn in china to keep those ''labs factories going

  • @zimmer1939

    @zimmer1939

    3 ай бұрын

    JAJAHAHA YOU ARE SO FUNNY. 😂😂😂

  • @Neyskii527
    @Neyskii5276 ай бұрын

    Where is a good place to find quality lab diamonds?

  • @zimmer1939

    @zimmer1939

    3 ай бұрын

    IN YOUR HEAD!!!

  • @messas3406
    @messas34067 ай бұрын

    Do all lab grown diamonds come with a certificate?

  • @zimmer1939

    @zimmer1939

    3 ай бұрын

    CERTIFICATE FOR A FAKE DIAMONDS.?????????

  • @messas3406

    @messas3406

    3 ай бұрын

    @@zimmer1939 right😂

  • @lancerooke
    @lancerooke8 ай бұрын

    No diamonds are worth it in 2023. But if I was to buy one, I’d buy a lab diamond. Because it’s identical to a mined diamond.

  • @nisbit3883
    @nisbit38839 ай бұрын

    invest in natural rubies/emeralds/saphires?

  • @niilespunkari8832
    @niilespunkari8832 Жыл бұрын

    Lab diamond production is infinite, organic diamond production is finite. And, overall, be careful where you buy your jewelry, i.e., your organic diamonds.

  • @lifted0422

    @lifted0422

    3 ай бұрын

    Natural diamonds are infinite for mine and your lifetime combined

  • @afs580
    @afs58010 ай бұрын

    What is the carbon footprint for all the electricity that has to be used to produce a lab diamond? Are fossil fuels used to produce the most?

  • @socalifone3044

    @socalifone3044

    10 ай бұрын

    Not as much as driving a EV

  • @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    3 ай бұрын

    its all from coal power in china don't be fooled by the environmental friendly claims. If its cheaper energy its a cheaper lab grown and theres no way to track or trace lab grown rough diamonds.

  • @usfanlovesminho5085
    @usfanlovesminho50858 ай бұрын

    At the end of the day it is personal preference and nothing more. If you want natural - buy it. If you want lab - buy it. Enjoy your diamond.

  • @danielnavarro2697
    @danielnavarro2697 Жыл бұрын

    Cvd lab Diamonds will always test positive. HPHT lab Diamonds will not.

  • @MrPhongvu
    @MrPhongvu7 ай бұрын

    I can see using lab diamond in jewelry that we use daily without any significant meaning (necklace, earrings, even wedding band..). But an engagement ring should always use natural diamond. Even with 100% similar characteristic (which is not true atm), something existed for millions years is totally different from an object being 'grown' in the lab. Any self-respected bride should feel insulted if being proposed with a mass-produced stone.

  • @user-tk7nq9wc3n
    @user-tk7nq9wc3n4 ай бұрын

    making sence

  • @renerodriguez6300
    @renerodriguez6300 Жыл бұрын

    So they are fake then if they use the two methods to identify them so why they say they're the same if they're not

  • @tigerlilly5232

    @tigerlilly5232

    Жыл бұрын

    They are not fake, is a test tube baby a fake human?

  • @sagemoonchild333

    @sagemoonchild333

    Жыл бұрын

    That machine tests fluorescence and phosphorescence caused by trace minerals in the earth that are transferred to the diamond. Lab grown diamonds don’t always have them. I’m sure that they could be added if they really wanted to in order to completely duplicate those properties.

  • @PC.0011
    @PC.001126 күн бұрын

    Ppl talk bad about LG diamonds as if mined diamonds come out of the ground shiny and brilliant 😅. Natural diamonds are also MAN MADE, natural diamonds are “processed” to become sellable. Has anyone ever seen an “unprocessed” natural diamond? They ugly and look like a regular rock 😅

  • @nikkil764
    @nikkil7645 ай бұрын

    I got both. A real natural diamond but also a lab grown “dupe” to wear on the street in the city. If somebody tries to rob me, they can have the lab grown. I’ll throw it at them and run like hell. But don’t kid yourself, they are not the same. They look pretty close but I can tell the difference. Same pave band and setting but the cost difference makes the dupe a better idea to wear in this dangerous times but I’d never give up my real ring.

  • @lifted0422

    @lifted0422

    3 ай бұрын

    U can’t tell the difference sorry

  • @lisaaustin4561
    @lisaaustin45617 ай бұрын

    My ring is not investment!

  • @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    @user-sk2ix7fv2q

    3 ай бұрын

    your confusing investment with value. Having Value in a item like Jewlery is different than buying as an investment. Gold, silver gemstones retain value if not go up over time if you buy wisely its not an investment as selling/buying you lose on the manufacturing costs and mark up. Lab grown diamonds have near zero value in the long run. Just like a copy of a famous painting will also have almost zero value. At the end of the day when i see rings and jewels from people who inherited them from their grandparents, they have almost always gone up in value but the jewellery that had synthetics from 1910 syn spinel for example is now worthless but the natural rubies 50x value etc. there is costume jewellery and real jewellery which holds value

  • @gummisnoodable
    @gummisnoodable Жыл бұрын

    One comparison missed was that natural diamonds are hundred of millions of years old versus a few months or years for man made lab diamond diamonds.

  • @Udansha

    @Udansha

    Жыл бұрын

    Heres another comparison. Your natural born child vs a child born IVF, Get it? LOL.. simp

  • @socalifone3044

    @socalifone3044

    10 ай бұрын

    What are you trying to say?

  • @Udansha

    @Udansha

    10 ай бұрын

    @socalifone3044 a carbon crystal is a carbon crystal. Deebeers has sold to suckers the thought that because it's out of the ground that it is more rare. Hogwash. They hoard the diamonds to set the cost higher.

  • @Udansha

    @Udansha

    10 ай бұрын

    And? Diamond from the ground is the same as a diamond from the lab. Matter of fact, lab diamonds have zero inclusions. Only people here dissing labs are people such as jewelers and high retailers. The high over priced ground diamond days are numbered

  • @socalifone3044

    @socalifone3044

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Udansha Based on your statement that lab diamonds have zero inclusions tells me you know nothing about what you're talking about. You've obviously never read and IGA or a GIA certificate. And to be clear I am definitely not against laboratory diamonds

  • @Krystal-vd1ql
    @Krystal-vd1ql6 ай бұрын

    That’s all fine and dandy till you want or need to sell it. Of course they both lose value but you will get pennies on the dollar for lab vs mined. I sold my 1.8ct vs2 K color marquise engagement ring for 6k back in the early 90s! That was a huge help for me after my divorce. If it was lab created I probably wouldn’t have been able to give it away. Moral of the story. If you’re going to get a lab grown diamond buy it used.

  • @charlkriek4863
    @charlkriek4863 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a great video. Unfortunately, I do not agree with your assertion that man made diamonds are a worthwhile investment.

  • @zaksouth6025

    @zaksouth6025

    Жыл бұрын

    They aren’t an investment. Anything that loses value after you purchase, is a liability.

  • @lizbueding2626

    @lizbueding2626

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zaksouth6025 Like cars, clothes, appliances, furniture. Actually, almost everything.

  • @kevinbuckley4507

    @kevinbuckley4507

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah ok you can lose your 70% and I will keep my cash in my pocket

  • @brooksprice7109

    @brooksprice7109

    7 ай бұрын

    Didn't she say they're not an investment?

  • @sanookaus1334
    @sanookaus13342 ай бұрын

    Too much hand movements, your hands don’t stop flapping about.

  • @ferrarivisual
    @ferrarivisual Жыл бұрын

    No can doodoo

  • @lauriemogianesi3571
    @lauriemogianesi35712 ай бұрын

    You speak way too fast

  • @kariukijames8797
    @kariukijames87979 ай бұрын

    Really, what's the mystery of buying a lab diamond? sadly that's like buying a zirconia, no mystery, no history, no hardwork, no nothing..you can't really compare a lab grown diamond and a diamond formed over millions of years by mother earth..basic truth😊

  • @zimmer1939
    @zimmer19393 ай бұрын

    Simple rich people buy natural diamonds pretenders buy lab diamonds

  • @koosengelbrecht4904
    @koosengelbrecht4904 Жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry but there is almost no market for a second-hand lab grown diamond. If you bought one you will be stucked with it. Ask the jeweller who sells it to you if he or she will buy it back from you should you get divorced and see what they say. Also pin down a price beforehand. Keep it real keep it natural i will not buy labgrown for my wife she deserves the best......

  • @fatimemehdiyeva2439

    @fatimemehdiyeva2439

    10 ай бұрын

    actually diamond isnt good investment if u try to sell it back in any case u will lose money

  • @elenam848

    @elenam848

    9 ай бұрын

    Look, let us assume that you have bought a 1ct diamond ring and you’ve paid about 8k dollar for it (maybe even 10k). And than you decide to sell it back to your jeweler. You will get about 60% back. That makes around $4.800. So you have lost $3.200 😅 And if you go for a lab diamond you will pay only $2000 for a 1ct ring. You can throw it in the garbage after your divorce 😂 and you will still have more money in your pocket, than after buying and selling a natural diamond! 💘

  • @tomfitz-tm6tz

    @tomfitz-tm6tz

    3 ай бұрын

    It doesn't matter..India is making good stones now for £25 half carat...it's nothing !!

  • @jcoconuttt

    @jcoconuttt

    2 ай бұрын

    All diamonds are poor investments. They are a social construct with no utility and little intrinsic value.

  • @capstar633
    @capstar633 Жыл бұрын

    I want a mined stoe because God made it. Man made is a poor second. Period...

  • @legomandk9964

    @legomandk9964

    Жыл бұрын

    God made it possible for man to create diamonds in a lab. God is smart. 😉

  • @avqc954

    @avqc954

    11 ай бұрын

    @@legomandk9964hell no those are sinners

  • @niilespunkari8832
    @niilespunkari8832 Жыл бұрын

    Blah blah blah --- the reality is, that if you propose this lady with a lab diamond she will say, 'no.'

  • @BoaKilla

    @BoaKilla

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro…..what? 😂

  • @richardp.228

    @richardp.228

    Жыл бұрын

    If she says no, then you've dodged a bullet.

  • @niilespunkari8832

    @niilespunkari8832

    Жыл бұрын

    @@richardp.228 Nonsense. Very pretty lady.

  • @richardp.228

    @richardp.228

    Жыл бұрын

    @@niilespunkari8832 huh, you're making no sense.

  • @thatoneguy94512

    @thatoneguy94512

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually my gf has told me to only get her a lab grown. Never even heard of this until a week ago.. seems a lot of girls have been doing this

  • @Udansha
    @Udansha Жыл бұрын

    So for all you Im in the biz and labs are fake... Read, get educated ...De Beers is investing $94 million in a new production facility in Portland, Ore., that will eventually produce as much as 500,000 cts. of lab-grown diamonds a year, which will translate to 200,000 cts. of polished. The stones will be polished by a “third party,” a non-sight holder in India. Hmmm? Wonder why theyre doing that? LOL

  • @lizbueding2626

    @lizbueding2626

    Жыл бұрын

    If labs were "fake" DeBeers wouldn't touch them - bad for their reputation. Think DeBeers is trying to compete with their competition.

  • @Udansha

    @Udansha

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lizbueding2626 exactly. That company is now in the lab industry after bad mouthing lab diamonds for 10 years

  • @elenam848

    @elenam848

    9 ай бұрын

    Because they understand that they can lost their leading positions on the market and their customers! If they won’t be following the growing demand for lab diamonds. We need diamonds not only for our jewelry, but also for industrial purposes.