What is a Lab-created vs Mined Natural Gemstone?
It’s very common to find people bewildered about lab-created and mined gemstones, they don’t understand the basic difference between both and end-up taking them as either fake or consider them to be the same!
Well, in order to clear these confusions, we have got the basic differences that will clarify your doubts and queries about lab-created and mined gemstones.
So, the first question that comes to mind is
Q) Are the lab-created and mined gemstones fake or are they the same?
Well, neither the lab-created nor the mined diamonds are fake.
The basic difference between them both is that one is made in the lab and the other is made in nature or carved naturally.
So, whether you buy lab-created moissanite or natural moissanite stone or any other gemstone like a diamond, the chemical composition of both will remain exactly the same! Both, natural as well as the lab-created diamond will be made of 100% carbon.
There is no difference!
It goes the same for the other gemstones as well like rubies, sapphire, moissanite, tanzanites, princess cut solitaire, etc.
For example, if we talk about sapphire gemstone which is made of the mineral- ‘corundum’, if you buy a sapphire mined from nature or you buy a sapphire created in the lab, both will be made of the same mineral- corundum.
When it’s created in the lab, the craftsmen try to create the same pressure and use the same temperature how the mineral might develop inside the earth cores, so that it can become a sapphire. So, basically, this means that when it is grown inside the lab, it’s created by mimicking the same natural environment in which the corundum is grown. Besides, different corundum color types make different colored sapphires.
So, corundum- which is the chemical compound of the sapphire gemstone is just the same, the only difference is if it’s made in a lab or carved from nature.
The second question that surrounds the mind is ….
Q2.What are the price differences between lab-created and mined gemstones?
So, basically, when it comes to talking about pricing any jewellery or a gemstone, there are two things that determine the price, these include:
- Quality
- Size
Both create a big deal in terms of pricing. So, if you are comparing a low-quality gemstone to a high-quality gemstone. The prices may vary greatly! Especially if the low quality is a smaller stone and the high quality is a much larger stone.
A naturally mined gemstone or natural moissanite diamond might cost you thousands of dollars, no matter if the mined gemstone is diamond, ruby, sapphire, moissanite, or any other type of stone.
Well, if we specifically talk about the moissanite prices of the moissanite which is lab-created, you can get your favourite jewellery at much affordable prices.
But what’s the difference in the price of both- a lab-created and mined gemstone!
Well, a lab-created gemstone is quite cheaper to buy as compared to a naturally mined gemstone, this is because when any gemstone is created in a lab, manually, the companies are able to fabricate a much high-quality gemstone yet at a much affordable price with reduced cost, this is because the gemstones, when created in the lab, are worked upon in a controlled environment within specific working conditions.
So, a high-graded gemstone can be created at a reduced cost in a lab. You can save up to 10 to 20% to even 60% of your money on the purchase of the lab-created gemstone without compromising on the quality and features!
With that said, let’s move on to the next question…
Q3.) How does the quality of a lab-created and mined gemstone vary?
The qualities of a lab-generated and mined gemstone can vary as to if a gemstone is mined from nature, it is possible to find both types of gemstones – low quality and high-quality.
On the other hand, when a gemstone is made inside the lab, it is fabricated in a much controlled and specific environment. Thus, you can get more high-quality gemstones in the lab, since these are made in a controlled environment as compared to what is mined in nature, it doesn’t also mean that you can’t find a good-quality gemstone in nature, you can find naturally grown high -quality gemstones in nature as well, but it might cost you a whole lot of more money!`
Q4.) Are their quantities scarce?
Yes, as gemstones are something that mankind has acquired from nature, it’s certainly scarce to find them, and they are available in a limited amount on earth.
But when you talk about gemstones, in the lab, obviously there is no scarcity of any type of gemstone when it’s created in a lab. Gemstones are created in abundant quantities in labs, lastly, it depends on you which kind of a gem will you like to choose, a lab-created or mined! You can weigh the pros and cons of each type and there are many reasons why people do that before choosing either of them.
Q5.) Can you identify the difference between the lab-created and mined stone?
It’s simple to analyze the difference in the quality of a colored diamond with a clear or a white diamond, but it’s not as easy when it comes to identifying the difference between a lab-created and a mined gemstone.
Unless you are trained and have sharp identification knowledge you can’t predict the difference between the lab-created and the natural gemstones until you’re a gemologist in the lab with a microscope, and looking exactly what a gemologist looks for is highly unlikely.
A lab-created stone is exactly the same; there are no differences, in terms of how it’s made, what it’s made of and what consists within that specific gemstone.
Because at last a lab-created, as well as a natural gemstone- both, look exactly the same, holding the same mineral or compound compositions.
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