How do you take care of lab-created emeralds?

We recommend regularly cleaning your Lab Emerald jewelry with mild dish soap and warm water, using a toothbrush to scrub behind the stone where dust can collect. If additional cleaning is required, Lab Grown Emeralds are durable enough to be put into an ultrasonic cleaners, with regular jewelry cleaning solutions.

Do lab grown emeralds need to be oiled?

Additional Treatments

The vast majority (over 99%) of natural emeralds are oiled for clarity. Synthetic emeralds are often grown with fewer inclusions, and rarely need to be treated for clarity.

Do Lab-created emeralds last?

While lab-grown emeralds don't have nearly as many fractures, they are more durable than mined, but you should still take care when wearing them. The great thing about our colored gemstones is that they come with a Lifetime Guarantee against chipping or breakage under ordinary circumstances.

Do lab-created emeralds hold value?

Synthetic emeralds do not hold their value the way natural ones do, because they are man-made in a lab. They can more or less be created whenever you want them, with certain caveats. Out of all the synthetically produced gems, emeralds are some of the most difficult to produce.

Do Lab-created emeralds scratch easily?

Lab-grown emeralds are generally very durable. On the Mohs Scale of hardness, they score a 7.5 to 8 out of 10. This goes a long way to explain how hard and scratch-resistant they are although they are not as hard as diamonds.

How Hydrothermal Emeralds are Created

Why are lab grown emeralds so cheap?

The methods used to create them in labs require expensive equipment. The process is slow and energy intensive, and the yield of facetable material is low. Nevertheless, a lab-created emerald isn't nearly as valuable as a natural emerald.

Are lab-created gems worth buying?

Absolutely! Lab-created stones have the same properties as natural gemstones and only differ in how they are made. Many people shopping for engagement rings may opt for a man-made gemstone, like a lab-created diamond, as a more affordable option, since these stones are not as expensive as mined ones.

Does lab created mean fake?

They're not gem imitations; lab-created gemstones are the real deal. They are grown in a laboratory but are identical chemically, physically and optically to natural gems.

How can you tell if a emerald is lab created?

Shine a Blacklight onto the Emerald

A natural emerald will show a pure green or blue-green hue. With the light, it will either not have any backlight or a weak orange-red or green color. Synthetic emeralds fluorescence will showcase a dark red color. An imitation stone will have a yellow or brown undertone color.

Can you tell the difference between lab created emerald and real?

Not even dealers can distinguish between natural and synthetic ones without looking inside the emeralds. Synthetic ones have all the same chemical and visual properties of emeralds, and the only way to distinguish between them and natural emeralds without lab equipment is their inclusions.

What are lab created emeralds called?

Laboratory-grown emeralds are generally marketed with the name of the company and the word “created” rather than “synthetic.” The Federal Trade Commission Jewelry Guides permit the terms “laboratory-grown,” “laboratory-created” or “[manufacturer name]-created” to describe man-made materials.

Why are lab created gems cheaper?

The only thing that makes a lab-grown diamond different from a mined diamond is its origin. A lab-created diamond touches fewer hands than in the mining process so it's more cost-effective. Great Heights diamonds are priced by 40 to 60 percent less compared to mined diamonds.

Which oil is best for emeralds?

To summarise, cedar oil is 100% natural which is why it is the favoured and most traditional form of treating an emerald.

How do you make emeralds shiny again?

You can do this by slowly simmering — not boiling — the stone in soapy water. Soaking it in a solvent like alcohol will also do the trick. To re-oil emeralds, all you need to do is submerge the stone in an appropriate solution (oil, epoxy, etc).

Can emeralds be worn everyday?

Emeralds are a very durable gem that can be worn every day, despite their delicate appearance convincing many people otherwise.

Do lab created stones hold their value?

But will lab grown diamonds hold value? Many claim that these synthetic diamonds hold little to no value on the market, but that's not the case at all! Just like mined diamonds, lab created diamonds hold a similar resale value and sell for a portion of the original sale price.

Can a jeweler tell if a stone is lab created?

Professional jewelers and gemologists cannot tell the difference between a lab created diamond and a natural one just by looking at it with the naked eye. They will have to use a microscope to look for the tiny differences in its inclusions that indicate how it was formed.

Will lab diamonds hold their value?

Lab grown diamonds certainly have value for their appearance and durability, and as we've mentioned they are exactly the same as natural diamonds in chemical make-up and hardness. From a monetary standpoint, however, your lab grown diamonds aren't going to hold very much value after they are taken out of the store.

Why do lab grown diamonds have no resale value?

Unfortunately the market for lab created diamonds just isn't powerful or large enough yet to command similar commodity pricing, and even the retailers who will buy back used diamonds often just flat out won't accept lab created stones.

Which is more valuable emerald or ruby?

A fine quality ruby is generally more expensive than most sapphires and emeralds, with record prices of up to $1,000,000 per carat. Sapphires can cost anywhere from $1,000 to $11,000 per carat, but you'll find good-quality stones at $450 - $1,200 per carat. Emeralds range from $525 to $1,125 per carat.

Are lab created gems fake?

Also referred to as “synthetic,” lab-created gemstones are in fact real and genuine; just man-made instead of mined from the earth. Believe it or not, lab gemstones are chemically, physically and optically identical to their natural counterparts!

Is there a downside to lab created diamonds?

Disadvantages of lab-created diamonds

Rarity - Because lab-created diamonds are manufactured, they can be mass-produced. Thus, your diamond will not be a “one-of-a-kind” as is the case with those diamonds mined from the earth's surface.

Are lab diamonds a poor investment?

Many traditional jewelers tell customers that Lab Created Diamonds have absolutely no value, but this could not be further from the truth. Most Earth-Mined Diamonds have resale value, and most Lab Created Diamonds will have a similar resale value, as well.

What's the difference between an emerald and lab created emerald?

Both mined, and lab emeralds form from the same mineral (beryl), and they're 100% chemically and optically identical—the only difference between the two lies in their origin.