{"id":11771,"date":"2020-01-20T10:36:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T09:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.muegge.de\/lab-grown-diamonds-1-why-they-outshine-the-conventional-gem\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:16:48","slug":"lab-grown-diamonds-1-why-they-outshine-the-conventional-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/us\/lab-grown-diamonds-1-why-they-outshine-the-conventional-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab-Grown Diamonds I: Why They Outshine the Conventional Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11771\" class=\"elementor elementor-11771 elementor-2454\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0f8acb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0f8acb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ead9d0b\" data-id=\"ead9d0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce7403 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fce7403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They sparkle like mined gemstone, they look like \u201creal\u201d diamonds, and yet, there is one crucial difference:<\/p><p>Lab-grown or man-made diamonds do not bear the risk of supporting inethical actions in regions of the world where human rights might be violated. A decisive factor \u2013 considering that consumers demand increasing transparency from companies. Find out about diamond\u2019s conflict-free twin and the futuristic microwave technology that makes it grow, shine and thrive.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8052f9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8052f9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e70ed6\" data-id=\"3e70ed6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b355e2 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6b355e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddf6fab\" data-id=\"ddf6fab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05abad6\" data-id=\"05abad6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41aac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c41aac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.base\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h4 text-white\">Lab-grown diamonds are chemically, physically, optically and visually identical to mined diamonds.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-672f729 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"672f729\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d98c0f6\" data-id=\"d98c0f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-984140f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"984140f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cffab3\" data-id=\"5cffab3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f975ca7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f975ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.base\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h5\">The beauty of man-made diamonds<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06f0fd4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06f0fd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Man-made diamonds, also known as engineered or cultured diamonds are grown in highly controlled laboratory environments using advanced technological microwave plasma processes that generate conditions under which diamonds can grow fed from an excited gas phase in a quality as if they were formed in the mantle, beneath the Earth\u2019s crust. These man made diamonds consist of actual carbon atoms arranged in the characteristic diamond crystal structure. Since they are made of the same material as<br \/>natural diamonds, they exhibit the same optical and chemical properties and are a great alternative against mined diamonds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d846eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d846eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f989aee\" data-id=\"f989aee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-704bcac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"704bcac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-lab-grown-diamonds-blog-post.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11772\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-lab-grown-diamonds-blog-post.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-lab-grown-diamonds-blog-post-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-lab-grown-diamonds-blog-post-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-lab-grown-diamonds-blog-post-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/newgrowndiamond.com\/blog\/why-de-beers-play-an-important-role-in-lab-grown-diamonds-industries<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bb9286 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bb9286\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6550de\" data-id=\"b6550de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee1b5c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ee1b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.base\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h5\">Synthetic diamonds: How it\u2019s done<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b1e5b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37b1e5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diamonds are grown by using a process known as chemical vapor deposition. Tiny diamond fragments, diamond seeds, are placed onto a silicon wafer which is then heated up by a plasma. Plasma is the fourth state of matter and can be thought of as a really hot gas. So hot, in fact, that molecules and atoms are no longer the only species in the gas phase, and instead a soup of ions and electrons, radicals and reactive species whizzing around each other exists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plasma, made of hydrogen and carbon, either dissolves the diamond seeds or creates an environment that make them form to grow larger diamonds. If, however, this process goes wrong you can end up with just plain graphite rather than the glittering diamonds you were seeking.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c773876 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c773876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.base\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h5\">A controllable process without high pressure\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99169e9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99169e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chemical Vapor Deposition process, which became viable in the 1980s, does not require high pressure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A hydrocarbon and hydrogen gas mixture is ionized by microwaves in a vessel at temperatures of about 800 degrees Celsius. This breaks the molecular bonds of the gases, enabling carbon atoms to be deposited on a diamond seed. Growing first slowly into a crystal microscopical layer by layer over days and weeks until the desired size is achieved.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the industrial lab-grown diamonds companies use CVD, which gives the diamond creator greater control over the process.\u00a0 This process control is necessary for production of large volumes of gem-quality diamonds rather than industrial-quality stones for purposes such as cutting machinery.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9b5d47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9b5d47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-671f863\" data-id=\"671f863\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed67453 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed67453\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-principle-of-cvd.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21896\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-principle-of-cvd.png 450w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-principle-of-cvd-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Hiroki Kondo, Schematic of microwave plasma-enhanced CVD system used for the growth of diamond, NCD and CNT<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba9e026\" data-id=\"ba9e026\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99cf3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c99cf3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21899\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/muegge-fraunhofer-iaf-making-synthe.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Fraunhofer IAF<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cdabca2\" data-id=\"cdabca2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c348af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c348af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/muegge-blog-lab-grown-diamonds-1-qidzlm50q1z7374n9kquc7joanwpll620bdbjl043k.jpg\" title=\"muegge-blog-lab-grown-diamonds\" alt=\"muegge-blog-lab-grown-diamonds\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77e4d33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77e4d33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cb1afd\" data-id=\"7cb1afd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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