PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The muted sounds of hammering and sanding drift down to the first floor of Bario Neal, a jewelry store in Philadelphia, where rustic artwork that mimics nature hangs on warmly-lit ...

More consumers are gravitating toward man-made diamonds for their striking similarity to natural rocks and their relative affordability. In 2015, sales of lab diamonds made up less than 1% of all ...

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Nearly half of engagement ring center stones (46%) sold in 2023 were lab-grown, according to a survey by The Knot. 1 Buyers ...

Lab-grown diamonds are a more affordable and sustainable way to add to your jewelry collection. Whether you’re shopping for an engagement ring, anniversary gift, promotion present, or just because, ...

The lab-grown diamond boom is over, jewelry industry experts say. Lab-grown gems are mainstream now and real diamonds are back in vogue, analysts told Business Insider. Prices for lab-grown diamonds ...

Diamonds have long been the ultimate symbol of love and commitment, their sparkling brilliance forever linked to life’s most emotional moments. Thanks to decades of marketing genius—most notably from ...

Diamonds, once revered as a symbol of "eternal value" and commanding the highest prices among gemstones, are seeing their value collapse. Unlike gold prices, which have more than doubled over the past ...

“A diamond is forever,” but perhaps not for the increasing number of consumers spurning the gemstone for lab-grown counterparts, gold and even other colored gemstones. The slogan was coined by diamond ...

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