About 15 countries are able to grow synthetic diamonds in laboratory conditions, and Belarus is in the top 10, they told in the talk show "Economic Environment" on the TV channel "Belarus 1". Artificial stones are used in the jewelry and instrument industries, as well as in microelectronics.

The reason is obvious: there are few natural diamonds, and there aren't enough of them. Moreover, the question of price arises.

A pink natural diamond of good cut and quality can reach up to $2–2.5 million per carat. The synthetic analog is orders of magnitude cheaper.

Deputy General Director for scientific and innovative work of the State Corporation "NPTC NAN Belarus" for materials science' Oleg Ignatenko noted that a non-professional cannot distinguish a natural stone from a synthetic one in a finished product.

It is practically impossible to determine this by sight.

"A pink diamond costs $2.5 million, while the synthetic one is 2–4% of that price. This is almost a two-order difference."

The production economy opens the field for fraudsters who can pass off artificial stones as natural ones. In Belarus, sales of jewelry items are monitored.

In the legislation, standard STB 1232-2000 "Jewelry items from precious metals. General technical conditions" is