Diamondsare a girl’s best friend, or so sangMarilyn MonroeinGentlemen Prefer BlondesandNicole KidmaninMoulin Rouge.

Some people call lab-made diamonds fake, but that’s not true.

But in a lab, you don’t have to wait eons for the diamond to be created.

Man looking at a diamond

Do Amore explains the differences that only a jeweler with a loupe would be able to identify.

There have been links between diamond mining and human rights abuses (viaBBC).

It’s a fictional story, of course.

Pile of diamonds

The issue of diamonds in Africa is inseparable from the issue of child soldiers."

Buying lab diamonds can be seen as a move towards sustainability and away from inadvertently helping fund fighting.

And lab-made diamonds are becoming more popular in recent years.