Poll of the Day > diamonds are so valuable we put them on saw blades

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worthless ass rocks

All gems are worthless when you get down to it, diamonds just have the distinction of being strong enough to cut through other rocks. Their only worth is in vanity.
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Zangulus posted...

Finally, we can literally make diamonds in a lab now. A lot of the time its the man made diamonds that are used in commercial purposes.

And these artificial diamonds are better quality than these "rare" natural diamonds. The whole diamond industry is a scam. :/
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Useful assrocks
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Dikitain posted...

All gems are worthless

I know what you mean, but they aren't "worthless". they *are* rare and *do* have applications beyond being rare and shiny. the fact that there are synthetic gems kind of ruins it though.
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They are not rare. The suppliers just hide the supply and trick people with marketing.
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Mario_VS_DK posted...

The whole diamond industry is a scam. :/

Isn't that because one company basically controls the supply of "new" diamonds?
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If diamonds were rare there wouldnt be thousands upon thousands of jewelry stores fully stocked with the things in the US alone
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Diamonds are just worthless carbon under conditions that can be recreated in labs (and better. The best lab diamonds will look better and be cheaper than the best natural ones. The industry just tries very very hard to make sure as few people as possible know this, and convince the rest that natural ones are still "better").

Since converting elements is still extremely hard to do, actual rare elements (eg: platinum) are still valuable. Gems like diamonds? A scam.

I got my wife a diamond ring back when we got married, but we've discussed it at length in the last couple of years: if we had known better, it would have been a ring with a moissanite stone. Looks arguably better and is much cheaper. Spend the money you save on a nicer honeymoon, or in a ring with more rare metal that has actual value.

VeeVees posted...

They are not rare.

things like rubies and emeralds are rare, but reading about it there are synthetic rubies and emeralds, too, so they're only rare not including synthetic ones.
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@ShadosAtPhoenix

My wife wanted morganite. So I gave it to her.
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tc literally doesn't know the diff between the gemstone and industrial grade diamonds
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Zangulus posted...

Mario_VS_DK posted...

The whole diamond industry is a scam. :/

Pretty much, yeah.

Ow just ask yourself what groups of people own all the diamond mines?
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