The first time Andrea Greenhill came across(偶然遇到) a livestream auction for lab-grown diamonds while scrolling on TikTok, she was stunned(震惊的). While the diamond engagement ring her husband proposed with years ago had cost thousands of dollars, these loose lab-grown diamonds were selling in seconds at a fraction of the price.(尽管多年前丈夫求婚用的钻戒花费数千美元，这些散装培育钻石却以零头价格秒售。)
安德莉亚·格林希尔第一次在刷TikTok时偶然看到实验室培育钻石的直播拍卖，她惊呆了。多年前丈夫求婚时用的钻石订婚戒指花费了数千美元，而这些散装的实验室培育钻石却在几秒钟内以极低的价格售出。
“I have two rings that are both natural diamonds and cost a fortune(花一大笔钱),” she said. I saw the prices they were going for(售价为) in the auctions, and I was like, “This is insanity(疯狂，荒唐).’”
“我有两枚戒指，都是天然钻石，花了一大笔钱，”她说，“我看到拍卖中的成交价，心想‘这太疯狂了。’”
For years, lab-grown diamonds did not have the same cultural cache(声望，威望) as natural diamonds, even though the chemical composition of both are the same. Now they are more accepted, and live auctions for lab-grown diamonds that last as little as 10 or 15 seconds have exploded on TikTok in recent weeks, drawing a mix of curious spectators, bargain hunters and new enthusiasts.(如今它们更被接受，最近几周TikTok上持续仅10-15秒的直播拍卖激增，吸引了各类人群。)
多年来，实验室培育钻石在文化地位上无法与天然钻石相提并论，尽管两者的化学成分相同。如今它们被更多人接受，最近几周，TikTok上持续仅10到15秒的实验室钻石直播拍卖如雨后春笋般涌现，吸引了好奇的围观者、淘便宜货的人和新的爱好者。