WD Lab Grown Diamonds

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WD Lab Grown Diamonds is a company in the Washington, D.C. area producing lab-grown diamonds for both jewelry and hi-tech applications.

Diamond production[]

Two diamonds grown by WD Lab Grown Diamonds.

WD Lab Grown Diamonds uses chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to grow diamonds. More specifically, they use a single crystal technique licensed from the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.[1]

WD Lab Grown Diamonds announced its first commercially available diamonds on September 18, 2012.[1] The company has gradually been producing larger and better quality diamonds. WD Lab Grown Diamonds first 5 carat round brilliant diamond was graded by International Gemological Institute (IGI) on June 1, 2016.[2] (WD Lab Grown Diamonds' diamonds were originally certified by the American Gemological Society (AGS),[3] until the AGS stopped grading lab-grown diamonds.[4] Their diamonds are now certified by IGI.) On May 22, 2018, WD Lab Grown Diamonds announced that they had produced at 9.04 carat gem-quality diamond (graded as I color VS2 clarity IDEAL cut), shattering their previous record of 6 carats (January 2018) and setting a new record for the gem quality lab grown diamond industry. [5]

Robbins Brothers and Brilliant Earth are their primary customers.[6] WD Lab Grown Diamonds is also the supplier for the Carnegie Institution.[7]

Although WD Lab Grown Diamonds is currently focused primarily on the gem market, it plans to move further into the technology sector in the future.[6][8] WD Lab Grown Diamonds announced in February 2018 that one of its scientific quality 6mm diamond anvils set a record when it was able to withstand 600,000 atmospheres of pressure in a lab study at Oak Ridge National Library. [9]

History and personnel[]

WD Lab Grown Diamonds was founded in 2008 by Clive Hill, a successful jeweler from the United Kingdom.[10] Hill managed Fraser Hart (the UK's largest chain of retail jewelry stores, which was founded by Hill's grandfather) for 21 years, where he eventually became the CEO.[11] Chief Technology Officer Yarden Tsach, previously a project manager for Siemens' solar energy division and manager at Tower Semiconductor, Jordan Valley Semiconductor and Trace-guard Technologies, heads the production facility in the suburbs of Washington D.C.[11][10]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Paulina Wozniak (September 18, 2012). "Washington Diamonds Announces World's First Commercially Available US Made Lab-Grown Diamonds" (PDF). Washington Diamonds. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "IGI LABORATORY GROWN DIAMOND GRADING REPORT" (PDF). IGI. June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "AGS CERTIFIED". Washington Diamonds. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  4. ^ Rob Bates (June 21, 2013). "AGS Lab to Stop Grading Synthetics". JCK Magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Diamonds, WD Lab Grown. "World Record: 9.04-Carat Diamond Grown in the USA by WD Lab Grown Diamonds". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  6. ^ a b Rob Bates (August 29, 2013). "Lab-Grown Diamond Company "Making Progress"". JCK Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  7. ^ "CVD Diamonds: Advancing Scientific Research With the Carnegie Institution". Washington Diamonds. September 1, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  8. ^ Rob Bates (September 18, 2012). "New Company Producing Colorless Synthetic Diamonds". JCK Magazine. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  9. ^ Diamonds, WD Lab Grown. "Lab Grown Diamonds Enabling New Scientific Breakthroughs". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  10. ^ a b "ABOUT US". Washington Diamonds. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  11. ^ a b Michelle Graff (September 18, 2012). "New lab-grown diamond co. launches in US". National Jeweler. Retrieved October 24, 2012.

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