NEW DELHI: Makers of lab-grown diamonds can’t market their gems using any term other than “synthetic diamonds” and statutory guidelines will soon be framed in this regard, a senior official said. FILE PHOTO: Diamonds are displayed during a visit to the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales in Botswana in 2015 The consumer affairs ministry on Tuesday held consultations to frame …
A man walks into a pawnshop and buys a diamond. "People hear that you are going to do gold fingerprinting on them and trace them back and they know that they're not going to be able to lie," Professor Watling says. "I looked at artificial diamonds some years ago, but they were a lot less sophisticated in their production processes," …
A booming market for artificial diamonds yet no match for the real thing Don't expect the synthetic stones to surpass natural ones anytime soon because the world's biggest miners of diamonds aren't looking to get into man-made diamonds Premium Cast in stone: “The Spectacle”, a 100.94-carat colourless diamond from Russia that was sold for over $14 million in May 2021 …
