Education

• What the Butterfly Mark Means

  The Butterfly Mark is an independent certification for luxury businesses that evaluates sustainability across the company, not just a single product or material.

  

• What Makes a Diamond Sparkle?

  A diamond’s sparkle is largely determined by cut: the way its proportions, facets, symmetry and polish interact with light.

  

• What GRWN’s SCS-007 Achievement Means

  SCS-007 is an independent sustainability standard for diamonds, designed to assess more than gemological quality alone.

  

• Lab-Grown Doesn’t Automatically Mean Sustainable

  Lab-grown describes how a diamond was created. It does not, on its own, tell you how sustainably it was produced.

  

• Why Lab-Grown Diamonds Cost Less

  Lab-grown diamonds generally cost less than mined diamonds with comparable specifications. The difference comes from how they are produced and supplied, not from being a different material.

  

• How to Choose a Lab-Grown Diamond

  Choosing a diamond starts with how you want the finished piece to look. Shape, cut, color, clarity and carat all matter, but they work together rather than independently.

  

• Diamond Certification, Explained

  A diamond grading report records the characteristics of a stone. It can confirm origin, carat weight, color, clarity and other...

  

• How a Diamond Grows

  A lab-grown diamond begins with a tiny piece of diamond and grows, atom by atom, under carefully controlled conditions.

  

• What “Lab-Grown” Actually Tells You

  Lab-grown describes where a diamond comes from. It does not, by itself, tell you how beautiful, responsible, or well made the finished piece will be.

  

• Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Real. The Origin Is Different.

  Lab-grown diamonds are diamonds. What changes is not the material, but where and how it came to be.