My wedding ring is all lab grown gems and honestly, I prefer it over it being real. If my wedding ring was all natural, we would have never been able to afford it, let alone it even existing (got some big pieces of Alexandrite on it). I love Lab created gems!

I think that this one episode taught me more about gems than any other video that I’ve ever watched on your channel. Not to say that your other videos didn’t teach me, but I never realized how easy and/or difficult it can be to actually know what you are getting.

If there's a spider in that box that was grown in a lab, you might be the new Spider Woman.

These videos have given me hope. After a long day of school, I love to lay down and watch this channel, thanks JTV I love you

Since Fluorite has been used as lenses for telescopes and microscopes, I'm sure lab created Fluorite has been made for these purposes. Also, I like that natural yellow Sapphire crystal.

Lab created alexandrite, ruby, YAG, and others are used in lasers as well.

Love Elizabeth! She's so calm and quietly confident 😇

I have a lab-created opal bracelet that is stunning. People can't really tell the difference from a glance but I really like it and actually forget that they are not "natural" stones.

Your video about pophyllite helped me identify a pair of specimens I have! Thank you!

Very informative video for the novice enthusiast! Thanks for your expertise and willingness to share info

I am a jeweller silver/goldsmith. First let me just say unlike many in my profession I love lab created stones. I agree totally with what you said that if a customer looks they can find a lab created stone to suit what ever desire they want in it, and not have to wait a million years to get it. As far as I am concerned natural gems are way over priced and should never go as high as some of them do regardless of how nice they are. With that said, I do like natural stones as well and will use those in my jewellery most of the time. But I still like to make pieces normal people can afford and that is the bulk of my business. Not everybody has 20 grand to buy an emerald or ruby with. This is where Lab created gems are outstanding for and many of my clients think they are almost always more beautiful then a natural stone. The only exception is diamonds and even those are getting way better in the lab. Soon I can see lab stones bringing the price of natural stones down a notch in price as more of them are sold. My favourite lab grown gems are rubies and emeralds. You can get emeralds with inclusions made into them that you just cannot tell the difference from a natural stone with the naked eye. Now I don't believe every gem looks better created in a lab. There are some gems that lab created stones just cannot copy the beauty of. But many of the high end gems out there they can. At the end of the day to me, it is all about how they are presented in a piece of jewellery. When I create a piece of jewellery weather I am using a 50.00 lab gem or not, I treat it with the same respect and design approach that I would a 50k sapphire. What makes any piece of jewellery special is how it looks on the client wearing it and the pride they feel from owning it. Price only comes into play when deciding the budget you have to spend on a piece of jewellery. It should have nothing to do with the quality of the piece that was created by a real craftsman. Of course that is all just my opinion and practices. Thank you for the video.

Amazing information thanks 👍

Very nice presentation Elizabeth and Natalie. Having watched a couple of videos, I'm now a subscriber.👍🏼 As a cutter, I'm always working with both natural and lab-created. Like Elizabeth, I don't like inclusions in the final product, but they are indeed a fact-of-life in the business. I do like the Q&A format for a subject such as this one, as it keeps both the viewer and the presenters on-point. My favorite lab-created gemstone has to be the ruby. It cuts and polishes very well and the clarity and color are amazing. I recently had a friend who is fairly new to faceting tell me that he really wanted a nice cut stone to mount for his sister... I pulled a lab-created ruby out of my "secret drawer" and he did a fantastic job with it.

Hello Natalie Elizabeth, I love the syn Lab grown crystals also. I like the Lab Padparadsha Saphires awesome. PS Thank you Elizabeth for taking the time to be on cameria U R awesome.

Thanks Ladies, awesome video. My favorite is Alexandrite.

This is awesome! I learned a lot. 👌 I feel like you guys are really talking to us!

Loved that you covered rough.

Love the knowledge.

Thank you, Elizabeth! Thank you, Natalie! My favorite lab created gemstone is Alexandrite. My birthday is in June, and i love the gemstone, but there's no way I could ever afford a Russian Alexandrite.

I have a Reactor watch. Not sure what kind of crystal face it has but its Tough! I work on a farm as maintenance and all my last watches died from somehow getting the crown ripped out. When I saw Reactor watches had a screw down crown i was sold. I've been wearing it for 2 years now and amazingly the crystal face only has one tiny little scratch. My last Citizen watch that got the crown ripped out once, repaired and ripped out a second time a year later was all scratched up after 2 years. This isn't really supposed to be an infomercial for the watch but more a testament to the toughness of the lab grown crystal.

THANK YOU

So interesting to know more about lab grown gemstones. Truthfully I didn’t realize it was pretty much a sterile way of copying nature producing gems. Thought was just similar, but not same chemically

I have a lab created Tanzanite ring it's very pretty but it doesn't do it for me. I also have a natural Tanzanite ring the color is amazing the color can't be duplicated. Love it!

I have a lab grown faceted blue quartz crystal which I like a lot.

Thank you🥰🥰🥰

A synthetic purple saphirre ring(3.25ct) is coming home this week ..then i want an other synthtic yellow saphirre ting (6ct) tho ..some vintage rings i found on the net tho

Nice video, learned a lot. Will have to watch more. On a side note, Elizabeth is a stunning knockout!

this episode was so educational!!! it’s so fun!!! is it possible to grow gems in a lab that are already in a certain shape, or do the processes we have now still require cutting? for example, could a lab decide it wants to create 2carat diamonds in a round cut and have them come out pre-cut or do they have a big ole slab of stone they then cut?

I’d like to learn about synthetic gems designed with combinations of elements, heat, and pressure that would be improbable to find in nature, which result in completely different gemological architectures. I just found your channel, so if that videos out there, do tell 😁.

Lab sapphire is quite lovely, and ibhave recently discovered the lab created diamond from lightbix and thay are beautiful

There was a video of the Diamond Making Process on KZfaq. The Russian Process has Diamonds in cylindrical refractory canisters in a row to make the soak or annealing process viable, best price for the quality.

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i like all of them,i don't mind the lab ones at all less damage to nature overall

Really enjoyed this one! I was hesitant about lab created before, kinda felt they were "lesser". But since I'm an emerald person, they are certainly the prettiest option in my price range! Thanks for the insight.

Oh no, still no mention of moissanite despite the topic of lab grown stones. That's just not fair!

while I learnt something as a total newby it would have been great to get some super close up views of what you're talking about, especially when you talk about using a loup, thanks

I love lab grown gemstones. They’re always perfect and best part? Affordable! The only gemstone I buy natural are opals. They are much prettier than lab ones.

My lab grown diamond wedding ring is beyond perfect and I wouldn't trade it for any natural diamond because the lab grown's quality is so far beyond every other ring I've looked at. I've got a lab grown green-blue moissanite ring cut in a dutch marquise on the way so, I'm excited to see how it looks in person!

Question I have seen sights that say created stones.which does that lean more towards lab created or simulated 🤔?

#1 to think about... This video was made by JTV. They grow alot of their stones in their own labs. So are you & I smart enough to not only listen here but also do more to learn about these beautiful gens!gems!! I bought my very 1st moissanite from JTV... OMGosh!! GORGEOUS STONES!! At first these stones had a slight yellowish color but still totally believable!! That was so long ago that the undergallery of my ring has a "CW" on it... Charles Winston!! I now have 5 moissanite rungs that I adore! My $25,000.00 REAL diamond literally sits in a box at our bank. Sad part is I don't miss it. Moissanite is incredibly gorgeous stones that have only gotten better with time!! Hopefully someday I'll be able to get my dream pink moissanite engagement ring. JTV's changed over time. First it started changing their sets, then new faces everywhere and then their prices soared!! I get it....progress,lol! Still a great place to see some beautiful pieces of jewelry and some great hosts!!💞DO RESEARCH & SEARCH FOR THE BEST DEAL ALWAYS💞

Burmese Rubies are so expensive, you almost have to buy lab created ones for jewelry (if you are not rich)

I've bought many lose gemstones from many different sources my struggle is separating the lab created from natural in part because it's such a wide variety of sources at variable prices it's hard to determine if any were over or under paid for. I have only I feel successfully identified the opals and black star sapphires as natural but all the other colored gemstones I feel clueless.....I also don't know if any of these did come from extremely high end pieces as sometimes from deceased jewelry store owners children who don't know what any of it is......so judging color and clarity I feel is harder with these

If your watch says it has "X" number of Jewels, it's referring to the number of lab-made Ruby bearings in the watch. Ruby is very hard and therefore has low friction.

I'm a big fan of lab alexandrite. Color change is so cool.

do the natural ones glow differently to the lab grown ones? like under a UV light?

I think that is the BEST matter of discussion of all! You MUST be respected to be informed and to know if the gemstone is real or fake. The market is so gentle (in an excessive way) that they even the word "synthetic" for ARTIFICIAL "stones". The fact is that the REAL, the NATURAL gemstones is what will have the best price and premium above all. Since your company is reliable, that is a favour even to yourself to spread the word: The more people know how to recognize and separate the NATURAL ones from the artificial ones, that will be a great thing even for business and businessmen in general. Reliable companies have nothing to hide. And those should be the greatest interested in teaching people about that and letting people well informed and cultured. I really adore the gemologist of this video. She is a high skilled professional. And an example of great ethical values. Not only economical values, but she praises the ethics as well.

I love lab created ruby; perfect color and clarity.

I do appreciate lab created gemstones but love the natural ones better although like you mentioned that lab created ones are flawless, and I don’t diasagree. As a matter of fact, I have in my collection lab created pink sapphire, padparadscha and alexandrite and I absolutely adore them in jewelry setting.

i think is amazing that we can get gorgeous jewlery and not kill the earth

What about the UV test, from what I have seen a lot of synthetic stones glow under a UV light.

I love the color of yag paraiba, but why is it so expensive???

Do you buy natural burman ruby

Thanks for the video. What is the best synthetic gemstone tester would you recommend to test gemstones?

I am wearing a natural 10k gold red diamond ring and a natural 10k gold Ruby ring. I just found out that they were not lab created when I was speaking with a professional jeweler!! They were both passed down from my ancestors as well, which is the reason I never take them off. They are so so special to me and incredibly beautiful! 😍😍

Natural gems like Emerald, Ruby, and Alexandrite becoming more and more scarce. My great grandmother bought a nice natural emerald ring for 300$ that would be worth over a thousand today. Ridiculous isn’t it? Now poorer quality emeralds are just as much as high quality ones simply because they are being mined out. Emerald takes over 10000 years to form so it’s not surprising. So really, lab created stones will be the future. As much as I love the imperfections and inclusions in the natural stones, lab created stones are more environmentally friendly and affordable for their amazing color and brilliance.

Buying good lab created gems is not an easy, simple affair. You have to search (same as with earth mined) and find what you truly want. Synthetic rubies and sapphires for example can be had for as little as $10-but the colors are muted or garish and they tend to be dark. Finer quality corundums (ruby, sapphire) are more like $200+, and look much richer and vibrant, but there are still vacancies, such as Kashmire/Ceylon blue sapphires-I’ve still not seen a good synthetic sapphire in this coveted blue shade. Highlights among lab created colored gems to me are hydrothermal emeralds. They now make them in both Columbian (vibrant bright bluish green) and Zambian (darker herb green) varieties. And you can hunt and find them with obvious inclusions, that while not fully matching the inclusion “jardine” of earth mined emeralds, do give the stones more personality and scattered light reflecting patterns, more like earth mined beryl (emerald).

A lady from jewelry store told me that Synthetic stone is different from Lab stone, is that true? whats the difference?

Lab created gems help avoid any moral issues about mining practices, including worker exploitation and wondering whether anyone died getting that stone.

In the 80s I worked in a lab figuring out how to make diamond coatings. We made sapphires to verify our equipment was working. These were perfect to an atomic level. If you find a sapphire gem that is not absolutely perfect, there are better industrial stones.

can they make a sapphire

What would the value of a 4.25 lab created ruby be worth? Antique ring early 1900s

how do I tell if my 'white topaz' smooth round cut rondelle beads are real topaz and not other than topaz?

0:41 was that the taking damage sfx from minecraft?

Every high end watch uses lab grown Safire for the glass and other things in the gear workings

Do u think I could go to every pawn shop in my state with lab grown rubies in a rusty treasure box and say they’re natural rubies and sell them for lots?

My favorite gem stones are opal and alexandrite. Lap created opal looks awful but lap created alexandrite looks beautiful.

❤ very good job love u sister

Identifying heat treated sapphire .

⚪️🌥✨😊🙏🏻🌌💗 👋 Hi 💎 Thank Yous for the video . My Mom had a Pink Sapphire about 4 k , I remember seeing some mini specs and a large hue of Orange color on It too , the Ring looked like a Flower , Daisy petals , White Diamond mini Solotaires in Verticle surrounding the large Pink Sapphire ~ I think like a Princess , Square shape , in the center . Does the Orange and lil’ slight dark specs indicate It is a Natural or Lab Gem ? Thank You 🌌💖🤍⚪️

Can a lab grown diamond have a blue fluorescence ?

And diamonds

I think if I were collecting a gem, I would want something natural and raw. For jewellery, there's no reason why you shouldn't get lab grown.

Many real materials are enhanced. Nothing wrong with having a budget and getting one of everything thru simlulents, and colorless stone enhancement.

I know they are called lab created gemstones but I like to use synthetic crystals

Any natural Gems with inclusion or even the ugliest gem will be costing millions of $ in the future since lab created will be so common and regular to see Im saving all my natural gems for my next gen 🧬

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Look long time ago purple was precious now it's just bought and sold cheap same thing we should do to these precious stones that can be made synthetically. I think rare elements are more precious than these things.

Rubies are so pretty

Precure - never heard this word 😢

Hello! I love geodes!!!!!

Wh as te better for the environment?

I've always loved the color of turquoise but I think I would prefer a real stone because knowing that it came naturally made is psychologically kind of cool to think about

I don't mind lab created gemstones one bit. I'd love a 5-carat diamond ring and 4 carat diamond studs. But I've never been able to find them cheaper. They seem nearly as expensive as the earth grown gemstones so I'm not tempted to buy "my ring."

Lab Blue Sapphire

How much is a real Burmese ruby worth? and who will buy it? If you can make it worth more I will give you 75%

Our country don't have some stone mines like others where they have alot... same with jade ...I seen them sale for dirt cheap in those third world countries and go for millions here in u.s. ...

Super picky about inclusions here. Lab grown makes for beautiful gemstones and jewelry that are attainable for the average person.

Hey from Canada can you get a lab diamond for’$200.00??

For those who are curious, there is a segment in "How It's Made" that shows video on how a diamond is 'grown' in a lab using pressure and plasma. I believe that kind of diamond is being commercially labeled as 'cultured diamond'. You can search the video in KZfaq.

when ruby diamonds introduce themselves

A star sapphire

Masonite , diamond , cubic zirconium

I wanna pass down my jewerly. I don't know how I feel leaving lab created

First off let me put in my 2 cents and say that I prefer natural versus lab. I have 2 natural Alexanderite and I’ve seen the lab equivalent and I definitely prefer the natural because of the way that light reflects and bounce off of the natural. I also have 2 blue star sapphires , with 1 being a natural and the other being a Lindy sapphire . The Lindy is the man made, they are both being a carbidhone cut”sic”. But the natural one, although it is much larger forms a better 6 ray star than the other one. The color is also a deeper blue and , this is a subjective standpoint, If compared to each other side by side, the natural just has a more unique quality that I just can’t put into words.

My birth stone is Ruby. I’ve taught myself the different between real and lab. A lot of it comes down to deducted conclusions.

14:14 Quite easy to find this ruby (on the right) for under 20$ on Ebay Shipping included (search for synthetic ruby, around 200 carats). This is real ruby, the exact same composition than a "earth grown" gemme. We can also find already cut ruby (lab grown, on Ebay, for 20$ or cheaper), but the cut is usually low quality. Where can we go to have that 200 carats boule cut into a bunch of very nice 1-5 carats? What would be the cost?

Don’t bother trying to hold things out for close ups, cause we don’t get the close ups. Yeah, color change Alexandrite at the end, I’m talking about you. You guys can do this.

I hate seeing Natalie interrupted. You can tell Natalie doesn’t enjoy it either. Anyway- as always, amazing content!

So are we going to show the stones or talk?

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