2007-02-24 10:25:50 · 2 answers · asked by eugenia_gutman 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No they are not the same although they are both made in a lab. A lab grown stone has all the same chemical and physical attributes as its natural counterpart. However a simulant is a crystal grown in a lab that not chemically and physically the same as the natural stone but it is just made to look like it (e.g. CZ for diamond)
2007-02-24 22:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by U.K.Export 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the chemical formula is the same the lab grown gemstone is better, because it is in a controlled environment, and there are no impurities.
However, "better" is all in the way you look at it. I think a natural specimen, even if there are impurities or imperfections, is better, just because it is natural.
2007-02-24 10:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by David A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋