Man made diamonds or fake diamonds, as they are sometimes called, are diamonds
that are not mined, rather they are created in a laboratory, and have not participated
in the destruction of the environment or human disfigurement. Synthetic diamonds is
a term that you often hear used for man made diamonds. The creation process of
man made diamonds produces a product that closely resembles the properties of
a diamond. They have achieved this in the hardness of man made diamonds, which
receive 9-9, 7 on the Mohs hardness scale compared to 10 for diamonds. Because
man made diamonds are cheaper to create they are often used in industrial
applications as well as for pieces of jewelry.

There are two main manufacturing methods used to produce man made diamonds.
The first method is the use of High Pressure Temperature and this is the most
commonly used method of producing man made diamonds because of its lower cost.
In this process of creating man made diamonds, the laboratory conditions try
to replicate the processes that occur deep in the earth resulting in the creation
of diamonds. The second method of creating man made diamonds involves the use
of chemical vapor disposition. In this method of making man made diamonds carbon
atoms form on a carbon plasma on a substrate and form the man made diamonds.

The cheaper method of creating man made diamonds has led to a new kind of jewelry
that has gained wide acceptance since being introduced to the market. Men and women
buy man made diamond jewelry because they like the look of diamonds without having
to pay the more expensive price. Man made diamonds are easier to cut,
and they can be cut into unique shapes and sizes of stones. When jewelers use
man made diamonds to make jewelry, they can use the same types of high quality
Gold and Platinum settings they use for diamond jewelry. man made diamonds look
so much like real diamonds that it is virtually impossible to tell the difference
unless you are a trained gemologist.

You don´t have to look for the 4 C´s of diamonds when you think of artificial
diamonds. This is because there is no difference in the clarity of artificial
diamonds and they are always flawless, and very high in color. In some respects
man made diamonds are tougher than real diamonds because real diamonds can
crack if they are subjected to a great force.

For all your jewelry needs for any occasion you can have rings, pendants, bracelets
and earrings set with man made diamonds. Man made diamonds make great Christmas
gifts and can be set in yellow or white gold or Platinum.
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