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No Conflict Diamonds | The trouble with moissanite

June 13, 2006, 4:20 pm

An article entailing the troubles with moissanite stones. Namely, if you are trying to purchase a stoned that comes as close as possible to mimicking the properties of a natural diamond moissanite is not the best choice. With the author’s reasons of why, and what might be a better synthetic diamond solution:

Natural mined diamonds have been coming under a lot of heat recently. Award-winning journalist Cecil Adams sums it up the best in a recent article: “diamonds are a scam, pure and simple.” Most people in the new millennium understand that between the DeBeers diamond cartel, the issue of child labor in Third World diamond processing operations, and “blood diamonds” used to finance oppression and genocide in Third World African countries, not to mention your snooty and pretentious local jeweler, diamonds are just not worth the hassle, guilt, and let’s not forget thousands and thousands of questionably spent dollars.

Lately, new synthetic diamonds have come on the market that have all of the look, appeal, and glittering beauty of natural diamonds, but without the baggage … [ continued ]

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    No Conflict Diamonds | Saving money and avoiding mined diamond scams

    June 7, 2006, 4:10 pm

    This is a great article that entails a good many of the scams that are put forth by mined diamond jewelers.

    High quality man made diamonds are a bargain at about $80 per carat, and they do not increase in price exponentially as carat weight increases. For example, a one-carat synthetic diamond costs about $80; a three-carat man made diamond would then sell for $240. A one-carat mined diamond that sells for $3000 would go for $45,000 in a three-carat size, all things being equal, which with mined diamonds is never the case. Perplexing comparative evaluations, exponential price growth, consumer confusion, and the reality of diamond industry antics is why the mined diamond business is awash in dirty tricks. Here are descriptions of the most sneaky and pervasive mined diamond scams:

    THE BLUE-WHITE SCAM: A jeweler tells you, “This is a blue-white diamond.” This is a very old term. The dealer will probably tell you that it is a better diamond, but actually it is just the opposite.

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    No Conflict Diamonds | More on Synthetic Diamonds and Jeweler Bias

    June 5, 2006, 12:33 pm

    What makes this article so interesting for me, is how it discusses the differences between mined and created diamonds, rationally and in laymen’s terms. All while including the incredibly large price disparity, a brief conversation on indoctrination, and the conflict diamond monopoly, replete with some short information about cutting operations.

    New synthetic diamonds are so closely resemble mined diamonds that the naked eye cannot tell the difference, often saving consumers enough money to make a down-payment on a new home or buy a car. Unfounded diamond jeweler arrogance, pretentiousness, and snootiness has gone too far!

    My girlfriend has been parading around town with a magnificent 4-carat Round Brilliant cut synthetic diamond set in a stunning 14K solid gold filigree solitaire ring setting for a year now. [ continued ]

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