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Artificial diamonds are gradually starting more and more compete with natural diamonds because practically nothing do not differ from the latter, but cost half as much.
According to experts, a laboratory sample of diamond It looks as beautiful as its natural counterpart, has the same structure, the same chemical composition, only it doesn’t grow nature itself is in the bowels of the earth, and … a modern microwave.
A crumb of diamond (carbon seed), then a certain amount of mixtures is pumped into the chamber heavy methane gas. It all heats up to a temperature necessary to obtain the so-called plasma ball, in which methane is destroyed, and carbon atoms, crystallizing, gradually settle on the seeds of diamond chips, causing it progressive growth. Such a process, of course, is long, it can drag out to ten weeks, but it works – just great, allowing you to create clean and high quality diamonds.
By the way, we note that artificial diamonds are still make up a tiny percentage of the world’s diamond market however however experts predict that by 2026 the number of synthetic diamonds will increase to at least 20 million carats, and this there will already be a significant market share of these gems.
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