Lab-Grown Diamond Jewelry Collection
Lab grown diamond is real diamond. Not a stone that resembles it, but the same carbon structure, grown in a laboratory instead of in the earth's crust. Chemically, physically and optically identical — even a gemmologist needs specialist equipment to tell the difference.
What the difference actually is
The price, and the origin. A lab grown diamond costs a fraction of a mined stone of the same quality, and no mining is involved. So for the same spend you get a noticeably larger or purer stone.
Versus moissanite and cubic zirconia
Moissanite and cubic zirconia are other stones that resemble diamond. Lab grown diamond is diamond. You see that difference in the price, and in what you can say about it when someone asks.
Hardness
At 10 on the Mohs scale this is the hardest material there is. Scratches are not a concern; the metal around it always shows signs of wear before the stone does.