We've assembled some of the most common questions about our Takara
Cultured Diamonds on this page to help you understand the what, why,
etc. of our synthetic diamonds.
1)Are Takara diamonds real diamonds?
2)What is a Takara
Cultured Diamond?
3)How hard is a Takara?
4)Will Takara's test positive on a diamond
tester?
5)If I buy a Takara, how do I know I really
own a diamond?
6)Who
grows your lab diamonds?
If you have other questions
you'd like to have answered and included on this page, feel free to to
email us.
1)Are Takara diamonds real diamonds?
The
very simple answer is, “Yes.”
Takara Cultured Diamonds, grown under laboratory conditions, have the
same exact characteristics and qualities, such as
unequaled
hardness, fire, brilliance and scintillation,
as those produced by nature 100 miles below the earth’s surface. The
color of Takara's is also provided in the same exact fashion as
nature intended - high nitrogen content produces yellow, boron added
produces blue, and nitrogen-minimized produces white.
The only difference is
where they are grown. Takara Cultured Diamonds consist of the
same pure carbon crystal structure as a diamond grown by nature and
are polished in the same way as natural diamonds.
2)What is a Takara
Cultured diamond?
Takara's are true, pure diamond - grown
above ground instead of underneath it. The laboratory simply
recreates the same conditions that are present under the earth (very
high temperature, very high pressure) allowing diamonds to be 'grown'
in the laboratory. It is sometimes difficult to believe that diamonds
can now be produced in a laboratory for jewelry use, but it's (at long
last) a reality. Industrial diamonds (extremely small crystals) have
been available for many years, but these are among the first to be
available for sale as gem-quality diamonds for consumer enjoyment.
3)How
hard is a Takara?
Takara's are pure
diamond, and rate 10 or 10+ on the Mohs scale. The 10+ aspect refers
to previous findings by the GIA and others that lab-grown diamonds are
slightly harder and less brittle than natural diamonds. This can be inferred to be a result of
ideal nitrogen dispersion in lab-diamonds, and a more perfect crystal
structure. For additional details on this, please see
Takara vs. natural diamond comparison page.
4)Will Takara's test positive on a diamond tester?
Absolutely! Remember,
Takara's are true, pure diamond. The analogy is very comparable to
tomatoes - whether you pick a tomato from a wild plant you stumble
upon in a field (wild tomatoes), or pick it from a plant that is
growing in a man-made greenhouse (designed for optimal growing
conditions), you still have a tomato, and nature grows the tomato in
either case. The green-house one is likely to look better, and
perhaps taste better too, but they are both tomatoes. Carry the
analogy to Takara vs. mined diamonds. Takara's are made in a lab, but
mankind merely provides the environment for nature and carbon to do
the complex assembly of actually producing a diamond. Hence why we
tend to call them "lab-grown diamonds".
5)If I buy a
Takara, how do I know I really own a diamond?
All our lab-grown
diamonds ship with an independent grading report from an established
gem grading laboratory. The lab reports, while varying based
on which lab graded the diamond, are identical to those for a
natural diamond except the origin is clearly noted as "lab grown".
6) Who grows your lab
diamonds?
We source our lab-diamonds from
multiple laboratories around the world. Currently, our pink
and blues are from Chatham, and our yellow diamonds are grown by a
private lab in Asia. We are currently engaged in discussions
with another lab for pink diamond supplies as well.
Our goal is offering
only the top lab grown diamonds available under our Takara brand.
We purchase both rough and finished diamonds from our suppliers, and
then have them graded and inspected before offering them for sale.
We reject a significant proportion of the diamonds offered, and we believe that is a testament to the quality
bar we set for our Takara brand.
