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The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. You can thank the lab-grown variety for that | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Diamonds, the least interesting gemstone. They're just clear. Oooh! They're hard. They make good drill bits and saw blades, and ok record needles, but for jewelry there are so many more interesting stones like amethysts or sapphires ( the better record needle) or rubies or emeralds. I have never understood how people got conned into desiring a commonly colorless rock.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I can see how in the oonga boonga times we may have been fascinated by diamonds, just like how we love finding cool stones by a river bed.

    However, natural diamonds have become almost synonymous with blood & exploitation, because that's the first thing that comes to mind for most people with moral compass.

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