Lab-made diamonds FTW
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 20:55 last edited by
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56972562
The world's biggest jeweller, Pandora, says it will no longer sell mined diamonds and will switch to exclusively laboratory-made diamonds.More humane, more environmentally friendly, significantly cheaper, physically and chemically identical to mined diamonds.
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 21:08 last edited by
Makes sense for them. I think they sell really tiny diamonds. It's the big stuff that's hard to make. (My info could be outdated)
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 21:17 last edited by
That will probably put a lot of poor people out of business.
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 21:42 last edited by
@copper said in Lab-made diamonds FTW:
That will probably put a lot of poor people out of business.
It’s some strange form of virtue signaling.
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wrote on 5 May 2021, 02:50 last edited by
Where’s Kenny?
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Makes sense for them. I think they sell really tiny diamonds. It's the big stuff that's hard to make. (My info could be outdated)
wrote on 5 May 2021, 02:59 last edited by@xenon said in Lab-made diamonds FTW:
Makes sense for them. I think they sell really tiny diamonds. It's the big stuff that's hard to make. (My info could be outdated)
They can large diamonds. They've made up to 15 carats
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wrote on 5 May 2021, 11:48 last edited by
https://www.rarecarat.com/diamonds/3bea0a97-a86c-44ca-913c-42c55bf1c109
Looks like 1 carat will be about $1000, give or take depending on cut, etc.
Here's a pair of 0.5 carat earrings.
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wrote on 5 May 2021, 12:03 last edited by
Diamonds have had artificially high prices for many years. I'm surprised they aren't making them include an artifact, such as they do with rubies or emeralds.