Would You Say Yes To An Engagement Ring With a Lab-Created Diamond? An estimated 26 percent of American couples who will get engaged this year will do so between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. As a rule of thumb, men will spend one-quarter of their annual salaries on diamond engagement rings. The average purchase is a 1ct diamond costing around $5,000 and the equivalent Pure Grown Diamond would be $3,000 STORY LINK: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/18/pure-grown-diamonds-identical-to-mined-at-30-percent-of-the-cost/ TJ Walker, Spokesperson of Pure Grown Diamonds (www.puregrowndiamonds.com) Sample Questions What is the difference between minded diamonds and diamonds that are created in a lab? How are Grown Diamonds made? Why is child labor needed to obtain mined diamonds and what are some the conditions they work under? What efforts can be made by individuals to slow down or stop this trend all together? Lab-grown diamonds, from what I have read, are between 20% and 30% cheaper than naturally mined diamonds. What factors come into play here? Who controls the price? Pure Grown Diamonds (www.puregrowndiamonds.com) are produced by utilizing two gem-quality diamond creation processes: High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). In both processes, a smalldiamond seed is placed in an environment that contains carbon. Under suitably controlled conditions, the diamond grows, atom-by-atom, layer-by-layer, recreating natureâ??s process. About IIa Technologies Pure Grown Diamonds is the exclusive North American retailer and distributor of diamonds grownby IIa Technologies. Pure Grown Diamonds are cultivated at IIa (2a) Technologies in Singapore, which is Pure Grown Diamonds sister company. The company is named after the purest and rarest diamonds â?? Type IIa, which comprise less than 2 percent of all mined diamonds. PureGrown Diamonds are Type IIa diamonds, which have a unique growth structure and remarkable clarity and brilliance. Few mined diamonds are Type IIa. They are very rare. Britain's Queen Elizabeth and celebrity Elizabeth Taylor are the few women in the world that have worn and owned Type IIa diamonds