WD Lab Grown Diamonds

WD Lab Grown Diamonds, formerly known as Washington Diamonds,[1] 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.[2]

WD Lab Grown Diamonds announced its first commercially available diamonds on September 18, 2012.[2] 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.[3] (WD Lab Grown Diamonds' diamonds were originally certified by the American Gemological Society (AGS),[4] until the AGS stopped grading lab-grown diamonds.[5] Their diamonds are now certified by IGI.)

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]

History and personnel

WD Lab Grown Diamonds was founded in 2008 by Clive Hill, a successful jeweler from the United Kingdom.[9] 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.[10] 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.[10][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Logo_withRemark.png". WD Lab Grown Diamonds. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "IGI LABORATORY GROWN DIAMOND GRADING REPORT" (PDF). IGI. June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ "AGS CERTIFIED". Washington Diamonds. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ Rob Bates (June 21, 2013). "AGS Lab to Stop Grading Synthetics". JCK Magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  6. 1 2 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. 1 2 "ABOUT US". Washington Diamonds. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  10. 1 2 Michelle Graff (September 18, 2012). "New lab-grown diamond co. launches in US". National Jeweler. Retrieved October 24, 2012.

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