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Price, distribution the main obstacles to synthetic diamond growth

Andrew Topf | May 03, 2015 | 3:38 pm Diamond 

The use of synthetic, or lab-made diamonds, has challenged the natural diamond industry, even though production of synthetic gems is low compared to naturally-mined stones - only 1 to 2 out of every 100 carats sold is a synthetic (see table at top)....

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