Scientists GROW diamonds in just 150 minutes that could cost $2,000 いっそう少なく than the real thing ... Can YOU 位置／汚点／見つけ出す the difference between lab-made and natural gems?

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Scientists can now produce cost-効果的な, lab-grown diamonds in just 150 minutes that look 同一の to a natural diamond.

研究員s from the 共和国 of Korea have created tiny diamonds that could 申し込む／申し出 a more?environmentally friendly 代案／選択肢 to natural diamonds.

The 研究員s 連合させるd silicon and a 一連の liquidized metals with 炭素 ガス／無駄話s under extreme 気温s that 減ずるd them to 炭素 原子s that 合併するd with the silicon to create the diamond.

In the US, a one-carat princess-削減（する） diamond would cost an 普通の／平均（する） of $2,500, 反して the lab-grown 同等（の） costs just $500.?

Diamonds take billions of years to fully form, making them more expensive for 買い手s, but the lab-grown 代案／選択肢 can save you thousands of dollars. Can YOU tell the difference?

Lab-grown diamonds don't look any different from natural diamonds to the naked 注目する，もくろむ, but because the differences can be seen 明確に through a microscope, it makes them a cheaper 代案／選択肢

研究員s?mixed liquid gallium, アイロンをかける, nickel and silicon into a crucible - a cup-形態／調整d 大型船 used to melt 実体s - and heated it to 1,877 degrees Fahrenheit. The combination of the melted metals and the ガス／無駄話s, 連合させるd with silicon, created small 水晶s

Diamonds take billions of years to fully form, making them more expensive for 買い手s, but the lab-grown 代案／選択肢 can save you thousands of dollars.?

To the naked 注目する，もくろむ, lab-grown diamonds don't look any different than the natural 代案／選択肢, but they do look 徹底的に different under a microscope, which is why there is such a large gap in the price.?

The 研究員s mixed liquid gallium, アイロンをかける, nickel and silicon into a crucible - a cup-形態／調整d 大型船 used to melt 実体s - and heated it to 1,877 degrees Fahrenheit.

The metals in the crucible were exposed to methane and hydrogen ガス／無駄話s which 解散させるd into 炭素 gas.

When the remaining 炭素 gas 合併するd with the silicon, it 軍隊d the 炭素 原子s to 社債 together, creating small 水晶s.

The 熟考する／考慮する's co-author Rodney Ruoff said that the silicon was the 重要な to success, telling Science: 'If we don't 追加する some silicon, we don't get diamond.'

Ruoff and his team 実験（する）d growing the 水晶's growth at 15 and 30 minutes, but 設立する that there was only a small 部分 of the diamond 水晶 事業／計画（する）ing out of the metal surface in the crucible.

The diamond had continued to grow when 研究員s checked at 60 minutes, but it wasn't until 150 minutes that it was fully formed.

にもかかわらず the major 打開, the 水晶s are still only 100 nanometers across - about the size of a typical ウイルス - but 研究員s believe they will be able to 前進する their methods enough to 結局 create larger diamonds.

?'A lot of labs around the world are going to start cooking things up,' Ruoff said.

In the US, a one-carat princess-削減（する） diamond would cost an a verage of $2,500, 反して the lab-grown 同等（の） costs just $500.?

If his 予測 comes to fruition, it could revolutionize the already 拡大するing lab-grown diamond 産業.?

In 2015, lab-grown diamonds made up いっそう少なく than one パーセント of the 全世界の sales but that 量 jumped to 概略で 20 パーセント by the end of last year.?

This could be in 返答 to the 減少（する） in price, with lab-grown diamonds costing a fraction of what people would shill out for a 自然に grown one.

A two-carat 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-削減（する） diamond with a high color and clarity typically costs between $13,000 and $14,000, but lab-grown diamonds are a fraction of that price, costing $1,000.

'Prices of lab-grown diamonds are 落ちるing. The 推論する／理由 is because of simple 供給（する） and 需要・要求する. So many 製造業者s are coming out and flooding the market with them, which is 原因（となる）ing prices to dive,' Mehul Sompura, CEO of Diamond Hedge, a diamond price comparison 道具, told CBS MoneyWatch.

READ MORE:?The death of natural diamonds: Owner of De Beers' 株 減少（する） by 20% after 地雷 生産／産物 削減（する）s as eco-conscious 顧客s 選ぶ for lab-grown gems?

Diamonds are often hundreds of millions or even billion years old with their 形式 誘発する／引き起こすd by 'kimberlite' 火山s?

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'For the most part, it's difficult to distinguish between the two, but it has to do with impurities, and with a microscope you can see growth patterns,' Sompura said, 追加するing:?'You won't get your money 支援する, that's the main problem.'

研究員s aren't sure about how long it takes for diamonds to form 自然に because it isn't a continuous 過程.?

Diamonds may start to grow in the upper mantle of the Earth's crust but the 過程 could be interrupted by a change in 気候 条件s 含むing 気温, the 量 of 圧力 put on it or the 量 of 炭素 they're exposed to.

It's for this 推論する／理由 that diamonds could sit for millions or hundreds of millions of years before they start growing again.

Lab-grown diamonds could 供給する a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 代案／選択肢 to 血 diamonds - also known as 衝突 diamonds - which are 地雷d in war zones and sold to 財政／金融 現在進行中の war 成果／努力s.

It could also 取って代わる diamond 採掘 which can destroy the surrounding land and 解放（する） harmful 化学製品s.

For every carat of diamond 地雷d, nearly 100 square feet of land is 乱すd and 5,798 続けざまに猛撃するs of mineral waste is created, and the 需要・要求する is 概算の to 増加する to 292 million carats, によれば Greenmatch, a sustainability and renewable energy organization.

'Diamonds are very ingrained in our culture,' Paul Zimnisk y, a 主要な diamond 産業 分析家, told ABC News.?

'I think, as humans, we just 願望（する） these rare, precious gemstones and metals. It's not practical, but it makes us feel good.'?