Created Gems

Created or synthetic gemstones are made in laboratories not in rocks. They have the same composition and crystal structure as natural gemstones, so their optical and physical properties are almost identical. They can usually be identified by the differences in their inclusions. Man has tried to reproduce gemstones for thousands of years, but it was not until the late 1880’s that any significant success was achieved. Around 1900 August Verneuil devised a technique to manufacture ruby that is still used today.