why our stones?
we specialize exclusively in our perfected, responsibly lab grown diamonds, ANTIQUE DIAMONDS AND moissanite. every éternité stone piece is guaranteed 100% conflict free and entirely unique with the most accessible price tag. éternité was born to end the classic cycle of confusion and corruption in a centuries old industry, while reintroducing love, transparency, and design into the fine and engagement jewelry buying process.
Lab grown diamonds
Lab grown diamonds possess the same physical, chemical, and visual qualities as earth mined diamonds. They are graded using the same 4c’s (cut, color, clarity and carat) by the same labs as mined diamonds such as GIA and IGI. Jewelers & other professionals in the gemstone industry cannot decipher between the two; which means, neither will you! The only contrasting difference lies in where they are made, and how they are formed. While natural diamonds are formed in the Earth’s surface, lab grown diamonds are made in labs, using a process that completely mimics the natural diamond forming process.
On average, our lab grown diamonds cost 50-70% less than natural, mined diamonds.
While diamond mines remain extremely harmful and dangerous to our Earth & humanity, lab grown diamonds remain 100% conflict free. It is a guarantee that a lab grown stone will never be a “dirty stone.” While lab grown diamonds boast with a heightened sense of not only sustainability, but morality, they are also 40% less expensive than their “evil twin”, so to speak ;)
ANTIQUE & VINTAGE DIAMONDS
NaturaL mined diamonds that are older than 50 years of age (pre-1970’s) are always conflict free! THESE OLDER STONES ARE THE BEST CHOICE IF YOU ARE SET ON A NATURAL DIAMOND BUT WANT A truly GUARANTEED CONFLICT FREE STONE.
AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND IS DEFINED AS BEING OVER 100 YEARS OLD while A VINTAGE DIAMOND IS DEFINED AS over 50 years but LESS THAN 100 YEARS OLD.
ANTIQUE DIAMONDS WILL ALWAYS HAVE ANTIQUE CUTS SUCH AS OEC (OLD EUROPEAN CUT) & OMC (OLD MINE CUT) these were cut to different proportions than modern diamonds, to maximize their performance in lower light settings as CANDLELIGHT and gas lamps were the only light sources at the time. which gives them so much INHERIT personality and chunkier pops of sparkle.
VINTAGE DIAMONDS ON THE OTHER HAND CAN HAVE ANTIQUE AND MODERN CUTS, SUCH AS, THE ROUND BRILLIANT CUT WHICH IS WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS OUR MODERN ROUND CUT DIAMOND.
READ MORE ABOUT ANTIQUE CUTS a few titles over!
WE HAVE CREATED A NETWORK OF ANTIQUE and vintage diamond dealers. SOURCING the best antique and vintage diamonds from europe to the US.
Antique and Vintage diamonds actually face up (look) much whiter than their grading color, providing even more value. they also tend to be less expensive than modern cut earth-mined diamonds but we predict them to hold their growing value due to true scarcity.
Moissanite
Moissanite is a diamond-like, extremely rare gemstone that fell from the stars during the late 19th Century. When it comes to tracing the natural origin of the gemstone, we are led far outside of our own solar system. A French chemist named Henri Moissan was examining samples from a meteor crash site in Arizona; he was convinced that the rock samples were diamonds that had fallen from outer-space.
Moissanite possesses most of the same physical properties of a diamond; including hardness and strength, while actually reflecting more brilliance than a diamond! It is 100% conflict free, as the stones are lab grown.
Our moissanites are approximately 1/10th the cost of a mined diamond of equal size and quality.
It has been said that there has never been enough natural moissanite on Earth to create a single pair of earrings; this makes the stone truly as unique and magnificent as you! Most importantly, it will last for an éternité!
Specialty ANTIQUE cuts
OEC (old European cut) and OMC (old mine cut) are the first and most popular cuts of antique diamonds. The cuts were created in the the late 18th century. With candlelight being the only light source in mind, the cuts were created to maximize light in - you guessed it - candlelight. It doesn’t get any more romantic than this. These cuts do not sparkle and shine the same way as modern cuts. However, they give the diamond a very special soft and indescribable inner fire/brilliance, making them a more unique choice.
Antique cut earth mined diamonds come with a HIGHER price tag. On the other hand, antique cut lab grown diamonds have been very, very rare and hard to find until now.
We have studied countless antique cut diamonds which led us to specialize in & perfect Antique cut Lab Grown Diamonds & Moissanite gemstones.
OMC aka old mine cuts are the oldest cut style of diamonds. they can be sqaure or rectangle in shape and have very large and few facets.
Oec aka old european cuts are the PREDECESSOR of the modern round brilliant, they are round in shape, however, have chunkier larger FACETS.