Zero-carbon claims must be seen in context of repurposed stones and impact on mining, analysts say
email rounding up the latestWhen London-based jeweller Stephen Webster first met Dale Vince, founder of Skydiamond, in 2015, he was presented with a handful of brownish crystals. “I had them tested,” Webster says of the drab-looking lab-grown stones from the company based in the Cotswolds, central England. “They were 100 per cent carbon, but brown.”
Webster is quick to point out that he is not abandoning natural diamonds. “I couldn’t possibly stop using natural diamonds. They’ve been my life for 45 years. The Skydiamond collection will be pitched separately. We designed all the cuts of the stones, which has helped me to . . . separate it all. It’s a grown diamond, of course, but I’ve been able to follow this for seven years, so it’s got complete transparency for me. I’ve been to the factory in Stroud and watched them grow.
Webster says of the figure: “It doesn’t matter that it only uses [four] grammes of carbon. It’s the fact that it’s completely green.” He adds: “I’m also very very keen on the progression the mined diamond industry is making, and needs to continue making.” Yau only uses repurposed diamonds, taken mainly from 1980s and 1990s-era jewellery, working with just two suppliers. “It’s really the only way I can feel truly comfortable about the stones I’m using,” she says. “The natural diamond industry is still controlled by seven big players. There are too few other options, and lab-grown stones isn’t one of them for me, regardless of the type of energy they use — which must be a huge amount.
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