What are Lab Grown Diamonds ?
Are Lab-Grown Diamonds Real?
Yes. Lab-grown diamonds are 100% real diamonds, created using the same heat, pressure, and carbon conditions as mined diamonds. The result is a gemstone that is physically, chemically, and optically identical to natural diamonds, but produced ethically, sustainably, and affordably.
LabGems represents the next chapter of Antwerp’s diamond legacy - combining traditional expertise with modern technology. By growing diamonds in state-of-the-art labs, we deliver the same brilliance and purity, without the cost or consequences of mining.
A diamond is a token of love, made responsibly with LabGems.
Environmentally Friendly
Traditional diamond mining has a devastating environmental impact - from deforestation and soil erosion to water pollution and carbon emissions. By growing diamonds in controlled laboratories, LabGems eliminates these destructive effects. Our process uses minimal land and water resources, ensuring a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative for modern jewellers and wholesalers.
Fair Pricing
Mined diamond prices are inflated by long-standing cartel control and artificial scarcity. LabGems breaks this system by offering transparent, market-driven pricing. Our lab-grown diamonds are up to 70% more affordable than mined stones, giving wholesalers and retailers fair margins without compromising on quality or brilliance.
Conflict-free
Many mined diamonds are still traded to finance armed conflict and human rights abuses. At LabGems, we believe a diamond should represent love, not violence. Our lab-grown diamonds are entirely conflict-free - produced with no wars, human rights violations, or child labour, setting a new ethical standard for the diamond trade.
Fair Labour Practices
The mining sector has long relied on unsafe conditions and labour exploitation, including child labour. LabGems operates differently. Every diamond we produce is crafted by skilled artisans working under safe, fair, and regulated conditions - ensuring ethical sourcing from start to finish.
How Are Lab-Created Diamonds Grown?
Lab-grown diamonds are created by replicating the extreme heat and pressure conditions that form natural diamonds deep within the Earth. There are two main methods used in modern diamond laboratories:
High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT)
The HPHT process recreates the same environment in which natural diamonds form underground. A small diamond seed is placed in a carbon source inside a press capable of generating extreme conditions, typically over 1,500°C in temperature and 1.5 million PSI in pressure.
Under these conditions, the carbon melts and begins to form around the seed, crystallising atom by atom into a rough diamond. Once cooled, the crystal is extracted, cut, and polished to reveal a pure, durable gemstone.
HPHT is often used to grow larger, high-clarity diamonds and to improve colour in both natural and lab-grown stones through post-growth treatment.
Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)
For fine jewellery and precision applications, CVD is the most advanced and controlled method. It begins with a diamond seed, a flat slice of crystalline carbon placed in a sealed chamber.
The chamber is filled with gases such as methane and hydrogen.
The gases are heated until they turn into a carbon-rich plasma.
Carbon atoms detach from the gas and settle onto the seed layer, bonding atom by atom to form a diamond crystal.
The process continues for 10–12 weeks, growing a high-quality diamond with remarkable precision.
Once the diamond reaches its desired size, it is laser-cut and hand-polished by our skilled artisans to achieve optimal symmetry and brilliance.