Synthetic rubies will have curved growth lines or gas bubbles, while natural ones have inclusions that are caused by their natural setting. How to Identify Lab-Created Sapphires ...

A version of this article appears in the October 30, 1943 issue of Science News.

Synthetic sapphires are grown by different methods, and they display different micro-features than those seen in natural sapphires. The most essential instrument in separating natural stones from ...

Global Synthetic Sapphire Market to Reach $9.7 Billion by 2027 Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Synthetic Sapphire estimated at US$6 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach ...

Not that long ago, Apple was going to build iPhone screens using sapphire glass, but that didn't work out so well. It loaned $578 million to a company called GT Advanced Technologies, which was ...

Apple announced a new factory in Arizona where its supplier, GT Advanced Technologies, would be loaned $578 million to produce huge synthetic sapphire crystals — known as boules — to be ...

Made from a synthetic version of the highly-prized sapphire gemstone, new transparent armor is lighter, thinner and pulverizes bullets on impact.

NEW YORK, April 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The report by Persistence Market Research provides a forecast on the global synthetic sapphire market between 2017 and 2024.The report has considered 2016 ...