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Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Everywhere. This Company Thinks It Has the Secret to Making Them High-End (www.wired.com)
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[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Aluminum jeweleries were popular in the 19th century. Light weight and shiny like silver. Then they found a cheaper way to extract aluminum from ore. Then people started using aluminum for industrial applications, made utensils from it etc. and then nobody wanted a piece of jewelry that was made from the same material as a fork. Just wanted to share.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

I believe one of France's kings had aluminum dinnerware back when it was still hard to make. Fun times.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Car company 1: would you want a BIG MANLY TRUCK made out of the same thing as a COKE CAN?! EWWW

Car company 2: you want your BIG MANLY TRUCK made out of the same thing as a FIGHTER JET! FREEDUMMMMMM!