The Lab Gem Supplier

The homeowners’ policy is one of the most comprehensive coverage packages ever offered by the insurance industry. That being said, it still does not cover everything. Certain conditions must be met when making a homeowners claim and one of the major bones of contention between company and customer can be after the theft of jewelry. [...]

Not all cubic zirconia or lab created gems are the equal. Huge variations in quality are possible depending on how the cz gems are produced. Low-quality production methods can produce lab gems quickly and cheaply, often for under a dollar per carat;  but their quality, appearance and durability suffer greatly. Unlike their inferior counterparts, high-quality cubic zirconia [...]

Since the ability to create look alike gems in the laboratory, all that glitters in the jewelry case is not diamonds. It’s usually cubic zirconia, the popular manmade diamond and crystal gem look alike that can be created so flawlessly that your eye can’t distinguish it from Mother Nature’s handiwork. But even cubic zirconia has [...]

As beautiful as natural diamonds, lab created cubic zirconia, or cz in jewelers’ shorthand, is recognized as a high quality, inexpensive substitute for Earth’s most precious mineral gem, the diamond. Exacting laboratory standards and tightly controlled conditions allow reliable creation of cubic zirconia in a variety of classes and colors. However, a lack of universal [...]

Lab created gems come in a wondrous variety of shapes from standard cubic zirconia white rounds and lab created ruby ovals to more exotic cz emerald octagons and simulated alexandrite marquise cuts to the fancies like loose cz pink hearts and cubic zirconia AAAAA white stars. The shape of a natural or lab created gem [...]

Of all the materials used to simulate natural diamonds, cubic zirconia is the most successful with a visual appearance usually indistinguishable from nature’s most valuable gem creation. While created in the lab, cubic zirconia does exist in minute, commercially irrelevant amounts in nature. A cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide with the same isometric crystallography [...]

Loose Cubic Zirconia: Your Guide to Simulated Diamonds Although at one time cubic zirconia was looked down upon as a “fake” diamond, today the simulated stones are appreciated for their own characteristics and beauty. Still, many people do not have a thorough understanding of these synthetic gems. Here are answers to some common questions.What is [...]