Quote Originally Posted by BrandiR View Post
A good sized synthetic diamond is still going to be in the neighborhood of $1200. Well, unless you happen to have access to wholesale. Then you can pick one up for about $12.
guys and girls, i think this was meant as a joke just wanted to clarify, because other posts are quoting it. for high-clarity white diamonds the situation is that they are almost equally expensive, laboratory diamonds are just a little bit cheaper, and laboratory diamonds are limited to 2 carats in size.

so when you are looking for a 7000 dollar round brilliant cut white diamond, with high color and clarity and ideal cut, chances are that your cheapest option is a natural diamond. that holds true. you can get that as a laboratory diamond for 7000 as well, but there is no price difference. and larger white diamonds are only available as naturals, and in smaller diamonds the naturals still compete on an equal level with synthetics. currently the synthetic diamonds only rule in color. when it comes to fancy colors, they rule in price, because natural colored diamonds are extremely rare.