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Diamonds. Anyone who has tried to sell jewelry will tell you: gold retains value but the money you get for diamonds is abysmal. Which is why I urge everyone to buy synthetic diamonds. In many cases they look purer than natural diamonds, are free of conflict, and hold just as much sentimental value.
Moissanite is also very lovely
A moissanite is an artificial diamond, Lincoln. It's Mickey Mouse, mate. Spurious. Not genuine. And it's worth.. FUCK all.
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The only reason they're expensive is artificial scarcity. De Beers only let a limited supply on the market each year. Diamonds themselves really aren't that rare at all
They don't just look purer, they are purer!
The problem is that rich people have been fleeced by diamond sellers for so long that they over value the "story" of a diamond (IE, carbon forged into a diamond over millennia etc etc. as a symbol for love blah blah).
Which come from extinct volcanoes, super romantic!