Belarus is among the top 10 manufacturers of artificial diamonds. Experts explain why they are needed

About 15 countries are able to grow artificial diamonds on an industrial scale or in the laboratory, and Belarus is one of them. This was noticed on the air of the program “Economic Environment” on the TV channel “Belarus 1”, writes sb.by.

Deputy Director General of the Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Materials Science Oleg Ignatenko noted that Belarus is among the top 10 countries in the world that are engaged in the cultivation of diamonds.

- Why do they grow them? Diamonds are few and not enough for everyone. This is also a matter of cost. For example, the price of a good quality pink diamond in global markets can reach $2.5 million per carat. And grown in artificial conditions costs only 2-4 percent of this amount. A layman will not distinguish natural stone from synthetic stone in a product. It is virtually impossible to determine by eye whether it is natural or synthetic, he said.

Oleg Ignatenko added that synthetic diamond is a superhard material that is used in the tool and jewelry industry and microelectronics. The quality of synthetic diamonds is comparable to that of natural diamonds.

Yuri Dedov, Deputy General Director for Production of OJSC Gomel PO Kristall - the management company of the holding Kristall-Holding, drew attention to the fact that in our country there are standards that regulate the procedure for filling in the tag. Manufacturers are required to indicate all stone inserts in jewelry. Therefore, buyers can be sure of what they are buying.

- If a diamond is fixed in the jewelry product, on the tag we will see its abbreviation, cut shape, quality characteristics, weight. In carats, not in grams. Only synthetics are indicated in grams, the expert added.