I worked in diamond exploration for years. We joked that we were turning diesel into diamonds – just not through compression. Seriously kids, buy a lab diamond if you want one.
The LinkedIn will continue until a resume standard is accepted.
My wife wanted amethyst because “everyone gets a diamond ring. And it’s purple!” It was also very cost effective.
Cuz why would I buy an allotropic modification of carbon, it’s all around me 🤷.
Boomers are buying diamonds - why?
Have they tried marketing discolored green ones as “Avocado Diamonds”?
It’s not a bug it’s a feature
Even before I knew how common diamonds actually are and that their perceived rarity and thus price are bullshit, I wasn’t at all interested in shiny rocks. I’m not a fucking bird.
I love shiny rocks. But diamonds are boring.
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Diamonds aren’t really a priority right now, dumbasses.
Spending too much on therapy currently
millennials aren’t buying a rare earth gem that has its price and value artificially increased for maximum profits*
Isn’t it not rare earth as it doesn’t contain rare earth elements
Rare earth gems arent necessarily elements (on the periodic table) diamond is just a form of a common element (carbon) but rare due to the conditions required to turn carbon into diamond (high pressure)
Other gemstones are not getting enough love. I would love to have a cool topaz ring.
My wedding band is titanium and wood ($17). My wife’s is silver and cubic zirconia cast as Nenya, Galadriel’s ring from LotR and made by WETA Workshop, who did the movie props ($75).
So much cooler than gold and diamonds => 3 months salary, at least for us.
Found me a lady who wanted an amethyst. Paid like $300, biggest issue was the stone was so big it kept getting loose. Those are our preferences though, some people want the diamond and that’s fine. It’s okay to want something dumb. Nothing you acquire will be meaningful in the long run, it’s the memories.
I am also convinced that diamonds are a scam. If you like the stone and think it is worth it, by all means, go ahead and buy it. I fucking love shiny things too. But really? Have you seen the price for a tiny 1 karat stone on a ring? That is ridiculous, there is no way in hell those stones are rare enough or warrant that kind of price, and even if the cutting process was the reason for the price ( as if it is not completely fucking automated by now). Fuck the diamond industry.
I was shopping for a ring and the salesperson said it’s not even worth buying a diamond now because synthetics are expected to take over the market in a few years. It will likely tank the price of real diamonds because they’re chemically and structurally identical.
For a while they weren’t as good. Then they were TOO good. They were identical but the way the inclusions were structured was a giveaway (supposedly, I’m still not sure how true that was).
Now? The biggest giveaway is the lab certificate of authenticity.
Also like why would I care if it was made in a lab instead of obtained through large amounts of human suffering?
And as it is lab grown corundum is good enough for me. Choice in color, low price, and it’s not like I run in circles that have a problem with sapphire
Also, all the violence involved in the industry. I prefer my sparkly shit to involve less blood.
It’s definitely a scam, because they gained their value through manipulation as well as artificial and controlled rarity.
Moissanite is the same, fraction of the price. DeBeers can suck it
The reflections that moissanite makes are a lot more colorful. I prefer that, but some people may prefer the more subdued colors of diamonds. Lab grown diamonds are similarly priced, so just choose which one you prefer.
Either way, you’re getting something lab grown. Almost all moissanite is synthetic because the natural stuff is far rarer than diamond. I don’t know why it matters if it’s formed naturally or made in a lab anyway (aside from avoiding the blood diamond problem obviously). Is it because we’re playing god with diamonds?
Not falling for Debeers ads anymore probably.
For the same reason I only put $10 of fuel in at a time … I’M BROKE BITCH!
Also they’re expensive as fuck
