jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoLab-Grown Diamonds Are Everywhere. This Company Thinks It Has the Secret to Making Them High-Endwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1172
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minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79·10 months ago [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.
minus-squareLaurel RavenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoAnd bling for everyone! I see no downside here…
“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.
And bling for everyone!
I see no downside here…