So, you’re shopping for engagement rings? Something you’re going to want to consider is whether you want to go with lab-grown or natural earth-mined diamonds. You may be wondering, what is a lab-grown diamond?
With Clarity, a direct-to-consumer online jeweler born in NYC committed to making beautifully crafted, timeless jewelry accessible to everybody, wants to introduce you to the beauty of the lab-grown diamond, and how it’s probably gonna be your best bet as far as sustainability and ethical options go
So get your pencils out! With Clarity’s lab-grown diamond class is officially in session.
Lab grown diamonds are real diamonds with the same physical and chemical properties as natural diamonds. They’re created in controlled laboratory environments using advanced techniques that replicate the conditions under which natural diamonds form, and, to the naked eye, they’re indistinguishable from diamonds mined from the earth.
Sustainability-wise, a lab-grown diamond has a WAY smaller environmental impact and carbon footprint than an earth-mined diamond. When it comes to resources used and ecosystems disrupted, there’s no comparison.
AND! When it comes to budget, lab-grown diamonds typically cost about ⅓ of what their earth-mined counterparts cost. SO THERE’S THAT.
With that being said, a lab-grown engagement ring is overall way less expensive than the same ring made with earth-mined diamonds would be, OR if you spend what you’d budgeted for an earth-mined ring, you get WAY more sparkle for what you spend.
The coolest part is that—even with all of these innovations—the quality of a lab-grown diamond is not sacrificed at all in its creation, which means that your lab-grown engagement ring is a total match for any earth-mined ring in terms of brilliance, hardness, and overall quality.
Design-wise, the sky’s the limit! With Clarity has SO MANY lab-grown engagement ring options. This gorgeous lab-grown sparkler features a hidden halo, a beautiful prong set center stone, and pavé band so that it’s glittering from literally every single angle.
If designing your own lab-grown engagement ring sounds like adding yet another decision to your already full wedding-planning plate, you can keep the stressful choices to a minimum by exploring all of With Clarity’s pre-set ready-to-ship options. If you’re loving the sparkly minimalism of this round stone ring like we are, check out all of their stunning solitaire lab grown diamond engagement ring options!
On the other hand, if you’ve been dreaming of creating a ring that’s totally and uniquely yours, we have amazing news. With Clarity lets you build and customize engagement rings with lab diamonds. They’re just as excited about your unique and personalized engagement ring as you are, so check out With Clarity’s engagement ring customization options and be the designer!
Ok. We’ve gotta share Kate + Sean’s super cute With Clarity engagement story with you: “We traveled to the coast for brunch at our favorite spot and parked at a beautiful lookout spot,” Kate remembers. “We’ve visited a number of times over the years, so I wasn’t expecting a single thing. He expressed his love, gratitude and excitement for our future – and before I knew it–he was on one knee!”
“I had practiced my reaction when hearing ‘Will You Marry Me’ in my head hundreds of times. But it really didn’t matter in the end because in the moment, I was just so excited.”
“My ring is beautiful,” Kate says. “He picked a lab diamond, beautifully cut and crafted. It was so important to me that my engagement ring is a lab diamond for an abundance of reasons.”
SO glad that With Clarity is out there making gorgeous, sustainable, affordable, ethical lab-grown engagement rings a possibility. And now you’re up to speed on the variety of reasons that lab-grown diamonds are the way to go! We hope you were taking notes! Class is dismissed!
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