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Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Everywhere. This Company Thinks It Has the Secret to Making Them High-End(www.wired.com)

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brsrklf@jlai.lu
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[De Beers] stating that the economics of lab-grown diamonds for jewelry were not sustainable.

“That’s cheating, we can’t throttle the market of these shiny rocks! The indistinguishable ones you need are still those we’re killing people for!”

I hope one day you can make a perfect gemstone for the cost of a burger, so people just stop caring about them at all.

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laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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And bling for everyone!

I see no downside here…

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