After decades of experimentation, scientists can finally grow diamonds that outshine even the rarest De Beers rocks.
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By Elizabeth Svoboda
Posted 05.30.2006 at 2:00 am
What: Perfect single-crystal diamonds of more than two carats
(the average engagement ring is less than a carat) churned out in a day. Scientists create the gemstones using a process called chemical vapor deposition (CVD), which grows diamond crystals one carbon atom at a time.
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