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The Diamond World Takes Radical Steps to Stop a Pricing Plunge (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

real talk I'd rather lab-grows or straight-up fugazis. Fuck do I care if I'm wearing 'fake' diamond for? The real thing costs too much blood for me to feel comfortable wearing; that's settler shit.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My wife's engagement ring is Moissanite and she absolutely loves it - more brilliant than a "real" diamond, and a tiny fraction of the cost

Status symbols are dumb to start with, but spending 10's of thousands on a diamond ring that is functionally identical (or even inferior) to a lab diamond or Moissanite ring is completely idiotic

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Today was the first time I'm hearing of Moissanite as a standalone thing(my search queries were just 'lab-grown diamond' and 'cultured diamond'), but definitely a good alternative, I'd say! The brilliance looks ridiculous in the shots I saw.