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Songmuddywater t1_iz04gjm wrote

I think we're at the point that I don't understand why anybody would buy a much more expensive lower quality diamond that was dug out of a mine. Frankly I have to wonder why everyone needs a diamond instead of some of the more colorful rocks out there.

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KenDanger2 t1_iz0klfw wrote

It is worse than that. We don't even need them at all. The reason they are used for engagement and wedding rings is because of ad campaigns in the 20th century

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dovemans t1_iz0wak9 wrote

just need them for technical applications now.

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Strazdas1 t1_iz44v2x wrote

they are still very useful in drilling.

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KenDanger2 t1_iz57x1y wrote

Of course. I guess I meant they are overpriced because of false scarcity and propaganda by the ad industry, telling us if we love our partner we have to give them a diamond, of a certain cost, like 2 months salary, and it has to be "real".

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Strazdas1 t1_iz58s1m wrote

I never got why this merchant ownership ceremony has somehow been turned into expression of love in the first place.

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tidehyon t1_iz1i7cf wrote

Fool's tax, i.e.: bUt ItS nAtUrAl

Also, started some gemmology as a hobby, legit no one cares about diamonds, unless its about spotting immitators like cz or moissanite (although I find moiss beautiful on its own).

Signed by: chrysoberyl and corundum gang

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Ma1eficent t1_iz2ginm wrote

I have a personal horde of lab created sapphires. They are perfect. They are amazing. They were cheap to get enough to be a modern dragon with a horde.

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tidehyon t1_iz41pet wrote

Ah, yup, I just got on the way some inexpensive "supposed to be" natural sapphire. It looks like its legit, since they said that its heavily included, but Ill keep it just for the sake of testing it and for the collection. But corundum is another classical example of "why-should-i-get-a-natural-one".

I think the only situation where you don't want synthetics is when they dont have the same properties as the natural counterparts (one bad example that comes through my mind is inexpensive synthetic opal that has craptons of repeating patterns and usually a weird border at the base of the stone, talking about cabochons here, lets say this one is more visible and annoying than the curved parallel lines on synthetic sapphires)

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Ma1eficent t1_iz5aitq wrote

If you buy sapphires from a gem quality lab there are no parallel lines or tells other than how perfect and flaw free they are. And corundum is sapphire.

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Kienn12 t1_iz31s3o wrote

Are your sapphires made of people?

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hippyengineer t1_iz1rcj7 wrote

If two children didn’t murder each other to give the stone to their boss, I won’t be able to achieve climax.

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DMAN591 t1_iz37566 wrote

Seriously though, I like to look at the diamond on my finger and think of all the human suffering it represents. You just can't get that with a lab grown mineral.

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Alchion t1_iz41c65 wrote

i mean do article says that grtting them out of mines is cheaper so that‘s the reason why

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Strazdas1 t1_iz44txr wrote

The same reason anyone would want to buy a diamond at all - marketing.

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