#lab gemstone

Lab Grown Diamond, Emerald and Ceramic Two-Stone Rings by Minty Diamonds

Shahla Karimi 14k Gold Ring With A 6.22 Carat Cultivated Alexandrite

Photo Courtesy: Shahla Karimi

Elements Pendant by James Mack Fine Jewelry; Silver With Diamonds and A Lab Grown Blue Spinel

Retail: $2,596.00

These days a huge source of ethical diamonds and gemstones are lab grown stones which are chemically identical to their natural counterparts. Brilliant Earth is one well known company who produces lab grown stones. Lab grown stones are also usually more cost effective than a natural stone.

There are countless companies and jewelers who claim to source 'ethically' mined natural gemstones, but it is very difficult to guarantee that a stone you are interested in purchasing is 100% ethically derived from the time it is actually mined to the time it is cut and processed into it's final result and mounted into jewelry.