9ct. Synthetic Stone Sets 'World Record'

RAPAPORT... WD Lab Grown Diamonds has created what it claims to be theworld's largest known synthetic diamond made using chemical vapor deposition(CVD). The ideal-cut, round brilliant, 9.04-carat, VS2-clarity stonebroke the synthetic-diamond producer's own previous world record of 6 carats, thecompany said last week. "No other CVD-diamond manufacturer has come close to thissize and quality," Clive Hill, its founder and chairman, claimed. "But this is notan easy task, and we overcame significant hurdles that we'll undoubtedly faceand overcome again." WD Lab Grown Diamonds intends to work on producingeven larger CVD synthetics, Hill added.Image: WD Lab Grown Diamonds