There are unfortunate multiple misuses of the word “artificial” in describing lab-grown diamonds in this article. In gemological use, artificial means imitation or not real. In fact, the lab-grown diamonds described in your article are real, synthetic diamonds with all the properties and chemistry of natural diamonds.
Fred Ward Bethesda, Md.
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