Solid 14-karat gold and lab-grown diamonds: the MICKAEL STONE signature
Why MICKAEL STONE pairs solid 14-karat gold with lab-grown diamonds: durability, colours, fair price. The house signature, explained.
Two materials, one same logic
Every MICKAEL STONE creation rests on the same equation: solid 14-karat gold and lab-grown diamonds, exclusively. It is not a catalogue accident, it is a philosophy — choosing, for the mount as for the stone, the most intelligent version of the real.
Why 14-karat gold
14-karat gold contains 58.5% pure gold, alloyed with metals that give it what fine gold lacks: resistance. Harder than 18-karat, it scratches less, deforms less, and stands up to daily life — keys, sport, handshakes. It is the gold of jewels that are worn every day, not of those that sleep in a safe. And it is solid gold: no plating, no vermeil, no coating that wears off.
Four colours of gold
14-karat lends itself beautifully to colour: warm yellow gold, luminous white gold, powdery rose gold — and our black gold, obtained by a surface treatment of the 14-karat, which signs the MICKAEL STONE style. Four metals, one same purity, one same weight in the hand.
Why the lab-grown diamond
Because it is a real diamond — same carbon, same hardness 10, same fire — at a fraction of the mined diamond's price. That saving changes nothing about the stone: it changes everything about the jewel. It allows generous setting, black, white or coloured diamonds on pieces worn daily, and direct prices.
The result: the real thing, accessible
Solid gold + real diamonds + fair price: that equation did not exist in French jewellery. It is the one MICKAEL STONE came to write — from silk-thread bracelets to signet rings, from hoops to pendants. Luxury that is worn, lived and owned.
Frequently asked questions
No: it is solid gold, stable and unalterable. A simple gentle clean restores its shine.
Why not 18-karat?18-karat is softer and more expensive for a very similar look. 14-karat offers the durability of an everyday jewel — a choice of use, not of saving on material.
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