Lab Grown Diamonds

If you have $5,000 to spend on a diamond, how big can you realistically go? The short answer is approximately 1 to 1.25 carats for a good-quality natural diamond, while the same budget can comfortably put you into the 2.5 to 3+ carat range for a lab-grown diamond. But that answer needs a very large asterisk. Diamond quality is a huge factor in determining price. Two diamonds with exactly the same carat weight can differ in price by thousands of dollars because of differences in cut quality, color, clarity, certification, shape, proportions, fluorescence, and overall visual performance. In fact, current […]