Carbon Capture as a Source of Diamond: Aether Diamonds is a Company That Makes Diamonds From CO2
Aether Diamonds is the only company in the world that makes diamonds from air. It is a totally new paradigm in the diamond industry, changing the way we think about growing or mining diamonds, which are not inferior either chemically or physically to traditional diamonds that use carbon to grow them. All diamonds grown in the Aether Diamonds lab are certified by the International Gemological Institute, they meet all standards, as do mined diamonds, and their quality is among the 2% of diamonds on the planet, each Aether Diamonds diamond comes with an IGI evaluation report with a unique number, which contains the individual characteristics of a particular diamond. So what is the technology for transforming CO2 into diamonds?
In the first step, the carbon dioxide is captured from the air. This is done by drawing air directly from the sky with atmospheric collectors, and the carbon is captured in a special filtre. For every 1-carat diamond, Aether Diamonds removes 20 tons of carbon from the atmosphere. The second stage involves processing the carbon into raw materials. This is done by synthesizing the carbon into a usable hydrocarbon feedstock that is suitable for growing diamonds. In the third stage, diamonds are grown in reactors. This is done as follows. Hydrocarbon raw materials are placed in powerful reactors that create optimal conditions for growing diamonds, and the carbon is smoothed into a crystalline form, which is how diamonds are grown in Aether Diamonds laboratories. And finally, the final stage. The process of growing diamonds takes about 3 to 4 weeks and then the rough diamonds are passed on to be cut, polished and hand-finished by craftsmen aetherdiamonds.com.
Aether Diamonds takes the ESG agenda very seriously. In addition to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to grow each carat, the company also conserves entire ecosystems and saves water. Specifically, the innovative process does not harm the earth when tons of earth is uprooted, saves the 127 gallons of fresh water normally used for every carat extracted, and, as we know, lab-grown diamonds traditionally use carbon derived from fossil fuels through oil drilling and fracking. By 2023, the company intends to become completely carbon neutral, and plans to generate its own renewable energy sources, returning excess clean energy to the grid.
So, we can definitely say that the diamonds created by Aether Diamonds are unique, as is the technology for obtaining the carbon needed to grow them.