What is a Synthetic gemstone?
A synthetic gemstone shares a natural stone’s physical, chemical and optical qualities, but it is created in a laboratory. It’s kind of like making a high tech batch of cookies — we know the ingredients and we know how long to cook them. There are synthetic versions of nearly all popular gemstones and many versions have been available for a long time. Older synthetics were fairly simple for gemologists to detect, because they were often too perfect Jewelry that includes quality synthetic gems can be just as beautiful as jewelry made with natural stones. Good synthetics aren’t always inexpensive, but should cost much less than natural stones of similar quality. Since synthetic gemstones have the same composition as their natural counterparts, they could technically be called genuine, but that would be considered deceptive labeling if the stone’s origins were not disclosed.
