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Subscribe via RSSNatural Diamonds Are Sliding and Nobody's Talking About the 0.70ct Round
The same 0.70ct round brilliant is selling for $982 at one retailer and $2,102 at another. Natural prices dropped 9.5% in thirty days while lab-grown ticked up. Where the real savings are this week.
Natural diamonds jumped hard this week and lab prices are still slipping
Natural diamonds averaged a 24% price increase over the past seven days while lab-grown continued their slow bleed, down 3% over the past month. The spread between the two markets has never been wider, and the cross-retailer savings on lab-grown fancy shapes are frankly embarrassing for anyone buying without comparing first.
Ovals Fell 23% While Every Step Cut Surged
Oval diamonds dropped 23.47% during the week ending April 13 while princess, emerald, and asscher cuts all surged. Across 446,099 listings, ovals became the cheapest popular fancy shape on the market. With cross-retailer spreads near 90%, comparison shoppers who moved quickly locked in pricing that hadn't existed a week earlier.
Lab-Grown Supply Surged 66% and Prices Rose Anyway
Lab-grown diamond supply jumped 66% in a single week while natural listings fell nearly 15%. Despite the flood of new inventory, lab-grown prices actually rose. The real story was in the individual shapes and the staggering 90% spread between retailers selling the same stone.
Princess Cuts Rallied 7% as Lab-Grown Supply Flooded the Market
Princess cuts posted a 7.1% weekly gain while ovals dropped 2.6% in the sharpest shape rotation of the year so far. Lab-grown supply surged 66%, adding 1.2 million new listings, and the cross-retailer price spread on the same certified diamond sat at a staggering 89.8%.
The Retailers Charging You Double and the Ones Saving You Thousands
Some retailers consistently price 15% below market. Others charge 167% premiums for the same stone you can find cheaper elsewhere. We broke down 42 million listings to show you exactly who's who.
The Same Diamond, Three Times the Price
Lab-grown radiant cuts are selling for 254% more at one retailer than another for the exact same stone. Natural princess cuts under $2,500 are sitting 83% below median. The gaps are enormous, and most buyers never see them.
The 85% Discount Nobody Talks About Honestly
Lab-grown diamonds average $1,193 against $7,534 for naturals, an 84% gap that varies wildly by shape. Marquise cuts offer the steepest discount at nearly 88%, while the same lab-grown stone can cost 254% more at one retailer than another. We break down where the value actually is.
Princess Cuts Are the Most Undervalued Shape in the Market Right Now
Natural princess cuts carry the smallest lab grown price gap of any shape at 78%, and exceptional values keep surfacing in the 1.50 to 1.99ct range. We pulled the full pricing landscape across 110+ retailers to find out where the real deals are hiding.
Natural Diamonds Just Had Their Best Week in Months While Lab Grown Treads Water
Natural diamonds posted a 25% average price gain over seven days, driven almost entirely by high carat, high colour stones. Lab-grown moved less than 4%, but supply keeps swelling and the cross-retailer savings are staggering if you know where to look.