December 2024 | Lab Grown Magazine

December 2024 | The Lab Grown Diamond Resource Book 14 Mailed to 24,000 Jewelers Monthly - To advertise call (888) 832-1109 | December 2024 15 DISCLAIMER: Lab Grown Magazine assumes no responsibility for content, articles, or advertisement in publication. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form without prior written permission of the publisher is prohibited. The publisher reserves the right to edit all articles for clarity space and editorial sensitivities. Publisher Zev Oster Manager David Oster Features Writer Dan Scott Graphics / Production Kim Kennelly LabGrownAds@gmail.com Advertising & Sales LabGrownMagazine@gmail.com Circulation 24,000 Magazines Printed &Mailed Monthly Distributed at Show Bins PO Box 683 Pomona, NY 10970 T: 888-832-1109 F: 212-257-7056 www.LabGrownMagazine.com Find us on A division of Zev The End of HPHT Diamonds? The current LGD market is saturated with chemical vapor depo- sition (CVD) diamonds versus their original counterpart: high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) diamonds. Why has the ma- jority of the market moved to CVD, and will it remain there? Perhaps the question is how long will CVD created stones rule the market? 100% carbon-free solar, wind and water-powered processes strip dirty carbon from clouds in true eco-friendly flare. Carbon cloud extraction was initialized and patented by New York’s Aether Diamonds competing with the U.K.’s SkyDia- mond following such. Beyond Aether and SkyDiamond IP own- ership, a huge factor keeps this elite carbon-free cloud-based diamond production frommoving into production mass: money. The process that Aether and SkyDiamond utilize is similar, how- ever also quite expensive. Inclusively Challenging Beyond questionable production time comparisons of HPHT and CVD, the bigger issue is HPHT diamonds are likely to have a yellowish hue due to nitrogen exposure. HPHT also tends to have darker inclusions, which are metallic, and can be magnetic. While HPHT diamonds grow in fourteen different directions, CVD diamonds grows only up, giving HPHT the advantage of added light interaction. Regardless, modern CVD cutting ex- pertise appears to have overcome this issue. Some will debate HPHT offers higher color grades, but we’ve advanced in either growth process producing VVS1 and even FL clarity stones. Similar to Natural Diamonds, CVD diamonds have inclusions too – but they are exclusively carbon-based - not metal, and have no magnetic properties. Still, with price being the end game, CVD clearly wins over cloud-based diamonds and HPHT – for now. Some experts expect HPHT production to halt within the next ten to fifteen years. As CVD equipment continues to improve, it remains in the lead. As far as fancies go, the jury is still out on HPHT winning over CVD for more vivid, intense pinks and blues. And, for some rea- son, we aren’t seeing fancy varieties being produced by our cloud-focused friends. At least, not yet. In a world determined to reduce carbon emissions, it’s probably a matter of time before a less expensive/ AI-style cloud extrac- tion diamond formulation takes center stage. It’s very possible that HPHT will be compared to VHS tape; CVD production to DVDs, and cloud-extraction diamond growth compared to to- day’s cloud-based online marketplace… proving the sky’s the limit to new forms of carbon-free dynamic diamond growth in the hands and minds of mankind.