What we do

Diamonds are a symbol of love, beauty and luxury. Diamond Culture is the first European online shop dedicated to the sale of cultured diamonds and jewellery set with cultured diamonds - not simulants or imitations. A genuine novelty and a blessing for nature, cultured diamonds combine the chic of intensely pure colours with the growing demand for reduced ecological impact. They are also significantly more accessible than classic diamonds of comparable quality.

Other outstanding features of our jewellery are:

Quality
Our cultured diamonds are of equal or higher quality than mined diamonds.
We entrust the cutting and polishing to Antwerp's globally renowned master craftsmen.

Elegance & design
Belgian designers such as Danielle Goffa and Steve Van Beirs have contributed their talent to create our collections.

Certification
Each diamond (over 0.20 carats) is accompanied by a certificate issued by IGI, the world's largest independent gemmological laboratory.

Value
Our cultured diamonds cost on average around half the price of equivalent mined diamonds and we provide free insured worldwide delivery.

Ethical action

Diamond Culture is proud to provide an ideal solution for people who want to wear authentic sparkling diamonds - not simulants or imitations - with a clear conscience. Cultured diamonds, although chemically, physically and optically identical to mined diamonds, are laboratory-grown - they are made just of a diamond seed, graphite and electricity.  Laboratory-grown diamonds avoid the negative environmental impacts of natural diamond mining such as open-sky mining, ground pollution, destruction of natural habitat and the use of large quantities of highly toxic chemicals.

Laboratory-grown diamonds are not used to fund civil wars and conflicts, nor does their production involve any form of child labour or human exploitation.

Our cultured diamonds are produced in the USA in very strictly controlled laboratory conditions.  All our diamonds over 0.20 carats are certified by IGI, the largest gemmological institute in the industry. These certificates can be viewed online on our website in the detailed information page of each item for sale.  Diamond Culture is one of the very few online retailers that provides this guarantee.

 

A few ways we're trying to make a difference

Recycling

We feel that the use of recycled precious metals is an essential element of ethical and ecologically responsible jewellery. We use recycled raw materials as much as possible and do all we can to minimise the use of newly mined metals.

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Reducing carbon footprint

Electricity is the only source of energy used to grow cultured diamonds, whereas 250 tons of rock need to be extracted, crushed and dissolved to obtain one carat (0.2 grams) of mined diamonds. We work from home as much as possible and use bicycles for small distances. We use filtered tap water, not bottled.

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Water conservation

The growth of cultured diamonds in a laboratory does not involve any mining whatsoever, and the use of water and the pollution thereof is negligible in comparison with highly polluting open-sky and alluvial mining.

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Supporting local producers

All our cultured diamonds are cut, polished and set by master craftsmen in Antwerp.

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Using cruelty-free products

Using cruelty-free products is a crucial part of our commitment. Cultured diamonds are produced in a laboratory which is the guarantee of their conflict-free and exploitation-free origin.

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Supporting / working with a charity

We support FACE, a charity that gives shelter to abandoned newborns and builds orphanages around Cairo, Egypt. Victor has been on the Organising Committee of the Russian Ball in Brussels since 2006. This ball raises funds for VITIAZ A.S.B.L, an NGO that helps underprivileged youth by organising educational activities and youth camps in France and Russia. As of 2010, Diamond Culture will become an official sponsor of the Russian Ball of Brussels.

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