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Why a real diamond that is made in a laboratory under great heat

and pressure is not a mineral.

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Answer:

A “Lab Diamond” is just like a Natural Diamond, except instead of growing in the Earth, they grow in a lab. The only chemical difference between Lab Diamonds vs Natural Diamonds is that most Natural Diamonds contain tiny amounts of nitrogen, and Lab Diamonds do not.

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