White Man Made Diamonds

1. MiaDonna’s® White/Colorless Man Made Diamonds are optically, chemically and physically identical to colorless earth mined diamonds.
2. They are offered in a color range from D to J and clarity ranging from IF to SI2.
3. White Synthetic Diamonds are very limited in quantities and are available in sizes up to 1.20 carat.
4. Click here to view loose White Man Made Diamonds

Colorless White Synthetic Diamonds

A pure carbon diamond with no impurities will grade as a colorless diamond. However, the majority of both natural diamonds and lab grown diamonds do contain impurities, most of which are nitrogen. The nitrogen atoms within the diamond lattice are what give diamonds their yellow tint and even pure yellow color as in the case of fancy colored diamonds. Nearly all diamonds, again both natural and lab grown, start out as yellow diamonds.

Over the span of millions of years natural diamonds, through pressure and heat, split the nitrogen atoms within the diamond's lattice rendering the nitrogen atoms ability to produce yellow light. The splitting of the nitrogen atoms is what gives the diamond its ability to shine white.

In the case of synthetic lab grown diamonds we don’t have millions of years to convert a yellow diamond to white. The ability to grow the diamond with little or no nitrogen however will produce the same result. It is this science of extracting the nitrogen from the chamber during the growth period that causes white diamonds to be in such limited supply. It is incredibly difficult to achieve consistently.

Synthetic White Diamonds Growth Time

Growing a white diamond requires an incredibly controlled environment. The heat and pressure must remain consistent through the entire growing process. Any fluctuation or change within the growth cell can cause the diamond itself to stop growing or can create heavy inclusions in the new growth making it unusable.

Extracting the nitrogen and boron from the growth cell to remove the color from the diamond lattice also causes the diamond to grow much slower. White diamonds typically take up to two weeks or longer to grow a 1.0 carat stone.

It is the extended growth time, the need to extract certain elements from the growth cell and the demand to keep the heat and pressure consistent that makes growing a white diamond so difficult and thus contributes to their limited availability.

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Synthetic White Diamond Price Comparison

Unlike earth mined diamonds Synthetic Grown Diamonds are in very limited supply. The process used to create a white diamond is also the most time consuming and temperamental. Given that white earth mined diamonds are in abundance and white synthetics are in limited supply the cost ends up being very comparable. A typical 1.0 carat Synthetic Diamond will range from $5,600 to $10,000. White Synthetic Diamonds are priced identically to mined diamonds using the cut, carat size, color and clarity to determine their individual worth.

Synthetic White Diamond Shapes

White diamonds yield a square-ish rough. This allows the most popular shapes to be produced. Typically rounds will be most abundant with princess, asscher, cushion and emerald shapes also available. These shapes compliment the diamond rough and in return give the highest yields. Elongated shapes like oval, marquise and pear typically aren’t produced because of their need for a more elongated rough to start with.

Synthetic White Diamond Cut

All the Synthetic White Diamonds offered by MiaDonna® are hand cut. Every diamond comes with individual grading from either the GIA or EGLUSA and shows their cut grade on the grading report. Every diamond is cut to maximize its brilliance and color.

Synthetic White Diamond Clarity

The clarity of a Grown White Diamond is evaluated exactly like a mined diamond's clarity. Typically a range from IF to SI2 will be offered. All grading is done by either GIA or EGLUSA and is included with every Synthetic Diamond offered by MiaDonna®.

Synthetic White Diamond Availability

Man Made Diamond technology has been around for over 50 years now, with its primary use being focused towards industrial purposes. It is only in the past few years that gem quality fancy colored diamonds have entered the market. Regardless of speculation the process used to create Synthetic White Diamonds is still incredibly experimental. White Man Made (Synthetic) Diamond technology has a long way to go before a stockpile of finished diamonds are available for consumer perusal.

This is why we developed the MiaDonna Diamond Hybrid®. The technology of the MiaDonna Diamond Hybrid® still uses synthetic carbon but it is infused around a non-diamond crystal core. Doing it this way we can get them in larger sizes (up to 6.0 carats), D in color, VS1 in clarity and 3% of the cost of an earth mined diamond, making the MiaDonna.

Buyer Beware - White/Colorless Synthetic Diamonds are still rare and only offered by a few reputable companies. They are only offered in sizes below 1.30 carat and are priced the same as a earth mind white diamond. If a jeweler or company is making a product sound like it is a Synthetic Diamond and is offering it for only a few hundred dollars per carat and in larger sizes, please use caution! There is a very good chance that said company is selling a plain simulant, like CZ or Moissanite, and using incorrect terminology to describe its product to mislead the consumer.