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Yep. In the context of what should be a very simple crystal structure, "complexity" is another word for "defect".
by kstrauser 1y ago
Yep. In the context of what should be a very simple crystal structure, "complexity" is another word for "defect".
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- OJFord 1y agoExactly, at the same price yes the natural stone will have more 'complexity' and be lower-graded than the lab one as a result.
- chihuahua 1y agoFor decades, the marketing message was that less defects = better = more expensive. Apparently, when lab-grown diamonds came along, that had to be inverted: now, lab-grown = less defects = "less character" The whole thing is such an obvious marketing exercise with very little to back it up (as evidenced by the extremely low resale value of diamonds)