> artificial diamonds and synthetic diamonds are the exact same thing No, they aren't. Artificial diamond generally refers to cubic zirconia - which is not a d

> artificial diamonds and synthetic diamonds are the exact same thing No, they aren't. Artificial diamond generally refers to cubic zirconia - which is not a diamond. Synthetic diamond refers to genuine diamonds produced by humans (rather than natural forces). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_simulant#Artificial_simulants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_simulant#Artificial_si... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond