China’s demand for natural diamonds has ‘fallen off a cliff’ amid plunging marriage rates, while its factories are churning out synthetic alternatives that are up to 90 per cent cheaper.
Synthetic alternatives that are 90% cheaper and can only be differentiated from naturally occurring diamonds by supply chain tracing. There’s literally no detectable physical difference.
That’s not entirely correct. Because man made diamonds have a perfect cuboid structure that rarely occurs in nature, a diamond at the sizes man made diamonds are can be detected. Essentially they’re too perfect at a molecular level. So there are labs that can determine the difference. Though, saying the difference is because man made is better isn’t a great selling point.
Synthetic alternatives that are 90% cheaper and can only be differentiated from naturally occurring diamonds by supply chain tracing. There’s literally no detectable physical difference.
That’s not entirely correct. Because man made diamonds have a perfect cuboid structure that rarely occurs in nature, a diamond at the sizes man made diamonds are can be detected. Essentially they’re too perfect at a molecular level. So there are labs that can determine the difference. Though, saying the difference is because man made is better isn’t a great selling point.