Lab-grown diamonds put natural gems under pressure
"Once the customer sees it for herself, they are sold. I believe this is the future," said Patel, director of Greenlab Diamonds and the third generation of his family to deal in diamonds.
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employees working at Greenlab Diamonds, a firm manufacturing lab-grown gems on the outskirts of Surat. Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewellery market. (AFP Photos)
By NewVision Reporter
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The glittering diamonds sparkle the same but there are key differences: Mined natural gems are more than a billion years old, while laboratory-made rocks are new