(jewellermagazine.com) - Lightbox, the De Beers-owned lab-created diamond fashion jewellery business, has announced that it will now manufacture and sell larger stones, while maintaining its $US800 per carat pricing model. From October, Lightbox will offer pink, blue and white lab-grown diamonds in sizes up to and including two carats, with a 2-carat round brilliant lab-grown diamond pendant retailing for $US1,600 plus the cost of setting. Previously, Lightbox pieces were limited to one carat.
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