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Anon shops for diamonds (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 1 week ago

Lab grown emeralds are a couple hundred bucks and are way prettier than diamonds.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 16 points 1 week ago

My wife's engagement ring is an emerald, I don't think it was lab grown but it was way cheaper then a diamond and looks easy better then a piece of "glass"

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

My friend works with lab grown crystals and there re ones like lutetium aluminium garnet doped with cerium (LuAG:Ce) and similar which look awesome

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

I just looked them up, they're almost like kryptonite, or TV Uranium. That's so cool

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

I wonder if there's anyone interested creating lab diamonds that have imperfections that essentially become indistinguishable from the mined ones. There wouldn't be any money in it, but they could theoretically crash the blood diamond market.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Its already happened, its why big diamond cartels etch symbols into diamonds. They literally can't tell the difference anymore.

Its not super common for them to do that as its at least unethical and illegal in some places. Plus unless your literally trying to counterfeit, why would you want a flawed diamond?

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Moissanite is an excellent diamond alternative if you want a clear stone. Cheaper, just as resilient, and sparkly as fuck.

[-] fishy@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

Yup, it's even what they use in their displays because they sparkle more than a diamond.

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No I'm pretty sure that's just so if there's a robbery they aren't stealing the good stuff.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Just like the pancake syrup they pour over the pancakes in the TV commercial (it used to be motor oil).

Or the milk they put in the cereal (it used to be thinned out Elmer’s glue)

My wife has a Tanzanite engagement ring and loves talking about it

IMO it’s kind of romantic Tanzanite only comes from one single place.

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2025
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