Lab created diamond engagment ring?

Question

Ive been looking into these. Anyone have them? How is the band metal - Doesnt make your finger green?

I heard these stones look very good.

Answer 1

Whether it turns your finger green or not depends on the metal.  Normally, cheap stainless steel bands will do that.  Most jewelry bands that don't come from vending machines have 10k gold or white gold.  You can even silver for pretty cheap nowadays.  As for the stones, they're awesome.  My sister in-law insisted on a lab created diamond for her ring and nobody knew it wasn't a natural diamond unless she said something.  They're beautiful, flawless, and guaranteed to be conflict-free.

Answer 2

I've seen these, they're  are set in while or yellow goldand

g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s

http://www.czjewels.com/

Like this place but have never actually seen one of their stones.

http://www.cubicjewelry.com/shop/engagem...

Answer 3

I have one and the band metal is the same as the metal in a natural diamond ring.  Mine is white gold, but you can also choose platinum or yellow gold.  The stone is beautiful and looks just like a real diamond, but I feel much better about the fact that my ring was a tenth of the cost of the equivalent ring with a natural diamond.

Answer 4

Gemesis and Appollo are the two leaders in lab created diamonds.  These diamonds are indistinguishable from mined diamonds without the use of a special spectrometer, of which only a few exist.  The gold, silver and platinum used for the bands isn't of lesser quality than that used by other major jewelers.  

Personally, I wouldn't mind receiving a lab created diamond, but some women are a little nuts about these things, so I'd make sure your lady won't be offended if she realizes her diamond came from a lab and not a cave in Africa.

Good Luck man!

Answer 5

Check out a sapphire, especially a white one. They are natural, hard, and almost as brilliant as a diamond, and a lot less expensive. a 10K gold band is not too expensive, especially if it is a thin, solitaire.

Answer 6

Please note there are two different stones you're talking about here;

(1) Lab-created diamonds ARE diamonds... they're just made by lab processes applying heat and pressure to carbon over a short time rather than in the earth over thousands of years.  They're not that much cheaper than mined diamonds, but they're guaranteed to be conflict-free and not to have imperfections.

Sometimes they're called "cultured diamonds"

http://www.gemesis.com/

http://www.newyorkweddingring.com/diamon...

(2) "Simulated" diamonds are stones that LOOK like diamonds, but do not have the same chemical properties as diamonds.  They can be cubic ziconium, treated cubic zirconium, or other materials, like Moissanite:

http://www.newyorkweddingring.com/diamon...

http://www.diamondnexuslabs.com/science2... (note that they advertise as lab-created, but in fact appear to be simulated diamonds)

http://www.ziamond.com/?gclid=CM6kpcX02J...

The band material can be the same as diamond jewelry -- 10k or 14k gold, or platinum, or silver.  It won't make your finger green.

The lab-created diamonds will look just like diamonds; they're great.  The simulated diamond stones really depend upon the manufacturer and the jeweler, but many have very similar optical characteristics to diamonds without the flaws and cost.  Many people cannot tell the difference (except, perhaps, that a very large diamond simulant may look "too good to be real" as 2 ctw+ stones inevitably have some inclusions and color to them.)