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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, ...

Since their widespread introduction to the market nearly a decade ago, lab-grown diamonds have carved out a substantial slice of the market. Industry analyst Paul Zimnisky recently told the news ...

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 ...

Consumer misconceptions about diamonds can make the process of engagement ring shopping even more distressing. By Stephanie Cain With Thanksgiving marking the unofficial start of engagement season — ...

“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 ...

Ring buyers can get a bigger stone for their buck when choosing a lab-grown diamond. More than half of couples have reported buying a lab-grown diamond for their engagement rings for the first time in ...

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 ...