| Jewelry designs created from man made | | | | copy of an original mined diamond is needed to be |
| diamonds, has enabled the ordinary person in the | | | | duplicated. |
| street to enjoy wearing a piece of this type of | | | | Fashion jewelry is normally designed using less |
| quality fashion jewelry. | | | | valuable materials. These include glass, plastics and |
| There are many occasions, such as when on a | | | | base metals as well as synthetic stones, instead |
| special holiday or for a particular event in their | | | | of the more valuable materials such as gems and |
| lives, that a person will treat themselves to a | | | | precious metals. |
| piece of fashion jewelry created with these | | | | It has recently become fashionable for people, to |
| diamonds, when they would not normally be able | | | | wear a lot of cheap gold and diamond pieces of |
| to afford diamonds, per say. | | | | jewelry. A new word had been introduced into |
| Due to the research of Apollo Diamond in | | | | the English dictionary to cover this and that word |
| Massachusetts, it is now possible to find a man | | | | is "bling". Not a very complimentary description but |
| made diamond, not only in a single crystal, but | | | | definitely, understood by those who don't want to |
| also in a variety of shades of colors, from blues | | | | follow this trend! One or two pieces probably |
| to black. | | | | would not be so noticeable but more than that |
| By nature, crystals are not completely pure. | | | | and it can look very cheap. |
| However, impurities are purposefully added to the | | | | Unlike 'bling', fashion jewelry designs of the past, |
| composition so that the properties of the diamond | | | | had a certain style. We just have to look back in |
| can be controlled, thus determining the size of the | | | | history at the fashion designers of, for instance, |
| carat. Apollo expanded the growth of their carats | | | | Coco Chanel, who greatly popularized the use of |
| sizes over the last few years and due to the | | | | fake jewelry in her years as a fashion designer. |
| sales of man made diamonds at a substantially | | | | She brought fashion jewelry to life with chunky |
| lower price than mined diamonds, this has had a | | | | gold chains, jeweled buttons and, also, her |
| major effect on the jewelry trade. | | | | infamous fake string of pearls. Her designs, as |
| Because of the affordability, toughness, and close | | | | those of many other famous designers of the |
| visual likeness to the mined diamond, man made | | | | past, are now pieces which are very collectible |
| diamonds have become the most geologically and | | | | and demand a high monetary value. So much so, |
| economically important diamond composite. | | | | that there is a substantial secondary market for |
| These diamonds have their place in jewelry design | | | | these types of jewelry designs and vintage classic |
| when, for instance, celebrities, who have, or want, | | | | pieces. |
| to appear at many gala and Oscar performances, | | | | Who knows what the future of the jewelry |
| want to wear diamonds but, generally cannot | | | | design business has in store for us but, with the |
| afford the real thing. Another time when these | | | | use of man made diamonds, it will surely be bright. |
| cheaper diamonds may be required, is when a | | | | |