What is the difference between a GENUINE diamond and a SYNTHETIC diamond?

There is no discernible difference between natural/synthetic diamonds.



Natural diamonds are made within the earth at high pressures and (formerly) high temperatures. 1 in a million are jewel quality, assume that's 100% pure diamond.



Synthetic diamonds use a pure carbon vapor that, when it cools, deposits on a few seed crystals that "grow" pure, 100% diamonds.



(Think about it this way, you have a room filled with steam and a glass of water in the middle. When the steam cools it condenses. Some on the walls and some on the water in the middle. If you use carbon and it condenses under the right conditions, it forms tidy little diamond crystals).





Using current production methods, there is no difference between the two except that synthetic diamonds can be made, without processing, to a more uniform size than natural diamonds can.What is the difference between a GENUINE diamond and a SYNTHETIC diamond?If, by "genuine" you mean, natural, then natural diamonds are formed by natural processes in the Earth. Synthetics are made by humans in a lab. They are each made of the same thing: pure carbon. Actually natural diamonds almost always have impurities and imperfections, synthetics can be made more pure.

Then, you have simulated diamonds, like cubic zirconia, moissanite, GGG garnets, and the like, they are different minerals (different compositions) but just look like diamonds.What is the difference between a GENUINE diamond and a SYNTHETIC diamond?
synthetic is a term used to describe diamond crystals produced in a technological process, as opposed to natural diamond, which is produced by geological processes.



and yes it is either made out of cubic zirconia or silicon carbide...What is the difference between a GENUINE diamond and a SYNTHETIC diamond?There are now gem quality diamonds made by man. See link:What is the difference between a GENUINE diamond and a SYNTHETIC diamond?
about $3000! lol. synthetic is a cubic zirconia created in a lab. genuine is found out in the rough by enslaved people in sri lanka.What is the difference between a GENUINE diamond and a SYNTHETIC diamond?Genuine is created by nature synthetic by man.