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AnchorCert Gem Lab encourage the jewellery trade to remain vigilant, as they report an increase in the number of Lab-grown diamonds being identified.

Lab-grown diamonds are growing in popularity with consumers, for a range of motivating factors including ethical considerations and price. Lab-grown diamonds are being produced world-wide not just by small private companies but also larger dealers such as De Beers’ Lightbox, Swarovski and Cred Jewellery; all focused on leveraging the commercial benefits of lab-grown diamonds for their customers and businesses as an alternative.

By admin | Feb 12th, 2019
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CIBJO CALLS OUT CON-ARTISTS AND CAUTIONS CONSUMERS!

According to the latest CIBJO Pearl Commission's Report, consumers are being deliberately misled.  

By admin | Oct 31st, 2017
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Synthetic Diamond Facts

Since synthetic diamonds first appeared in the commercial market in the 1950’s, the quality and scale of production has increased dramatically with techniques now able to produce stones in high volume and in extreme cases in excess of 10 carats. With continuing advances in production technology making it ever easier to produce laboratory-grown diamonds using either High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) or Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) processes, research suggests that the volume expect…

By admin | Apr 3rd, 2017
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M&S SkinKind Shortlisted for Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year 2017

By admin | Feb 7th, 2017
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