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The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. You can thank the lab-grown variety for that | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

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As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.

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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Was working late once, my foreman wanted to get some beer to bring home as we'd be finished at 2am so nothing would be open. He says he's just going to pop out quick as there's a beer shop around the corner.

He came back and hour later having walked to the actual closest shop because DeBeers doesn't sell De Beers....🤷