Lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds with same carbon structure and chemical composition. A 'Lab Diamond' is exactly like a Natural Diamond, except instead of mining it from the Earth, they are grown in a lab.

They sparkle the same, have the same types of colour and clarity, and can come in the same sizes and shapes. In fact, they offer excellent value and are more affordable than natural ones of comparable quality and size

Lab-grown diamonds and natural diamonds are physically and chemically identical—the main difference is their origin. Natural diamonds form deep within the Earth over billions of years, while lab-grown diamonds are created in high-tech labs in just a few weeks. Visually, they look the same, but lab-grown diamonds are typically 30–50% more affordable and considered a more sustainable choice. Natural diamonds, however, are rarer and tend to hold value better over time.

Why choose lab grown diamonds?
Two important reasons to choose a lab diamond are origin & value. Rest assured that your diamond did not result in the funding of conflict in a war-torn country, nor did it require leaving a mile-wide hole in the ground. Also objectively, diamonds grown above the Earth are more pure than "dirt diamonds", blasted out of the Earth with dynamite and diesel. Compared to diamonds grown in the chaos under the Earth, diamonds grown by mankind have fewer defects and less strain in the crystal structure.

Quite simply, the more pure the diamond, the better, brighter, and whiter the gemstone.

Most of HOQs white lab diamonds receive the highest purity rating of Type IIa whereas less than 2% of mined diamonds receive the coveted IIa purity rating.