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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 | 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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    No Conflict Diamonds | An affordable alternative … more about moissanite

    June 2, 2006, 3:08 pm

    The primary underling question of to faux or not with your diamonds, really just comes down to one question.

    Can synthetic match the quality of real?

    Most tests out seem to prove so … check it out:

    Diamonds may be a woman’s best friend, but modern man made diamonds are so good as to be indistinguishable from real diamonds. And when you look at the huge savings on price, man made diamonds may be a woman’s best decision.

    Increasingly, engaged couples are considering the cost of some wedding jewelry. In today’s high pressure high cost lifestyle couples are really wondering whether or not it is appropriate to spend big on, say, a diamond engagement ring.

    The more spent on wedding jewelry the less available later for the important things in the marriage, like a house. Or the kids when they arrive. Is it responsible to spend so much to buy a diamond … [continued]

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