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See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/February2021/   The Tide Is Turning for LGDs For those of you who watched the Diamond Roundtable webinar on January 22, Lab- Grown Magazine was represented by our features writer, Dan Scott, who gave a powerful argument for the reasons why lab-grown and mined diamonds should peacefully co-exist for the benefit of […]

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/January2021/ Lab Grown Magazine Is One Year Old As we enter the New Year, we also celebrate the first anniversary of Lab Grown Magazine. Created in January 2020, it is the only regular publication devoted to lab-grown diamonds. We are thankful to our readers and our advertisers, who make this unique publication

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/December2020/   A Strange Year…? The year has passed both quickly and slowly and certainly not without its challenges. The coronavirus is still on everyone’s mind, as is the state of the jewelry industry. It has also been a year of change in the lab-grown sector and we here at Lab Grown

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/November2020/   The Global Discussion Continues In this issue of Lab Grown Magazine, we feature the third part of the three-part series entitled The Global Diamond Forum. Author Dan Scott takes a look at three gem laboratories that grade lab-grown diamonds, with opinions by the experts on the techniques used in these

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/October2020/ A Global Discussion In our last issue, Lab Grown Magazine showcased the first of a three-part series entitled The Great Diamond Debate, in which author Dan Scott took a hard look at the relationship between mined diamonds and their labgrown counterparts as well as the communication coming from, and surrounding, these

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/September2020/   Six Months Later How things have changed over the last half year! Six months ago, many companies were looking forward to their participation in a variety of trade shows‒in Hong Kong and Las Vegas among others‒only to have their plans turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. After canceling the

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/August2020/ Still Slow, But… Despite cautious re-openings in much of the country, the jewelry industry is still in the doldrums. And, the lab-grown sector is no exception. The coronavirus will sadly take its toll, but we must have confidence that the industry will prove its resilience in the end and that the

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/July2020/ Cautious Re-Opening As pandemic fears lesson in some parts of the country, a number of companies are beginning to cautiously re-open, including those in the jewelry industry. There can be no doubt that Covid-19 has had—and continues to have—a disastrous effect on the economy and many individual lives. Aside from the

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/AprilMay2020/   Uncertain Times As much of the jewelry industry-and indeed industries around the world-shut down, we here at Lab-Grown Magazine would like you, our readers, to know that our prayers are with you and your families for your continued wellbeing through these uncertain times. The unprecedented health crisis that we are

See Online Magazine https://labgrownmagazine.com/Issues/March2020/   LGDs in the News Lab-Grown Diamonds have been making news over the last few months. Among the items garnering attention is the announcement by De Beers’ Lightbox Diamonds—which declared earlier that it would not sell its lab-grown diamonds with grading reports—that it is now adding general grading information for white