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The rise of lab-grown diamonds

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published August 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM MDT
An employees working at Greenlab Diamonds, a firm manufacturing lab-grown gems on the outskirts of Surat, India. (Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images)
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An employees working at Greenlab Diamonds, a firm manufacturing lab-grown gems on the outskirts of Surat, India. (Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images)

The technology to make diamonds in a lab has existed since the 1950s. Now lab-grown diamonds are changing the market in 2025, causing the price of mined and lab-grown diamonds to drop.

Wall Street Journal reporter Suzanne Kapner explains.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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