Pick the kind first, then the stone size, the length and whether a chain comes with it
Decide what hangs on the neck first: a tennis chain on its own, or a pendant on a chain. For a tennis chain, choose the stone size, then the length. For a pendant, compare its grams and read whether a chain comes with it. Take 14K for everyday wear, the gold of about three pieces in four here. If a listing prints no grades, ask the live chat before you order.
The diamonds: lab grown diamond necklace real or fake, color and clarity
Every stone these listings call lab-grown is diamond, grown in a lab instead of mined and graded the same way. More than half the listings print the color and clarity, and most of those show D to F with VS or better. So no tint shows, and no flaw meets the naked eye. A few pieces carry pink, blue or black stones, each named on its listing. For a listing with no grades, ask the live chat. The lab-grown or natural article explains how gem labs tell grown from mined.
Tennis chains: lab grown diamond tennis chain, pointer, width and length
Choose the stone size first, since it sets the width and the weight. Most titles give it as a pointer, hundredths of a carat a stone. A 10 pointer row runs about 3.5 mm wide, a 30 pointer about 4.5, an 80 pointer about 6. Yet the fine rows under 3 mm made up nearly four in ten tennis chains sold in the year. Twenty-two inches is the length offered on more than half, and ten rows offer 18 to 24 on one listing. All but one are 14K, the other platinum. The tennis chain article explains prongs and clasps.
Pendants: lab grown diamond pendants, crosses and name pieces
Compare two pendants by grams and carats, since nearly every listing prints both. The middle pendant here weighs about 21 grams, and half the crosses weigh under 10. Crosses are the biggest family, more than a quarter of the pendants, mostly 14K. The small 10K Imperial cross, in emerald, ruby or sapphire, sold the most of them. Many name, initial and logo pendants are titled custom made, so treat them as ideas for your own. Anything made for one buyer is final sale, so start on the custom pendants page.
The chain: lab grown diamond pendant with chain, pendant sets
Never assume a chain. A set that names its chain in the title, like the UFO pendants on a moon cut chain, comes with it. More than half the pieces this page sold in the year were the two silver eagle claws. The opal claw's listing includes a chain, and the tiger's eye listing is the pendant alone. Hang a heavy pendant on a wide link built to carry it, not a fine tennis row. Where each length lands is on the necklace length chart.
Women's necklaces: lab grown diamond necklace for women, solitaire and bezel
The women's necklaces are the light end of the page, most a few grams and all but one 14K. Pick the shape you love, from a solitaire or a bezel to a pear, a heart, a butterfly or the heart lariat. The silver solitaire sold the most of them in the year. Check the chain length on the listing first. Eighteen inches usually sits near the collarbone. The flower and mixed-shape rows sit with the tennis chains above.