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Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process
(www.livescience.com)
this post was submitted on 22 May 2024
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This just tells me that diamonds are even more worthless.
???? The strongest material available to us seems worthless to manufacture to you??
they clearly meant diamonds as jewelry.
How?
Compared to their artificially inflated price. They're obviously useful in industry - mainly for their thermal conductivity and their hardness - but their price as a jewel is complete bullshit. They're not rare at all in nature, but one company controls all of them and uses advertising to drive up demand and public perception.
Wow, I didn't know that. Interesting.
They always were -- outside of engineering of course.
Folks like de beers hoard diamonds and jack up prices to make folks think they are more rare that what they really are. We gotta stop the cycle and buy lab grown or use an entirely different stone all together. Diamonds are for basic bitches anyhow
I think quartz looks nice.
Use metal and artistic value, like this.
And if the pattern is open enough, sun ligh will leave the mark on the skin. It's one very discreet way to keep the "mark" of who we love, skin deep.
So you mean it might be possible to remove the wedding ring without leaving a mark, making it easier to hide that you're married?
What I wanted to convey is, if the mesh is fine enough, the pattern can get marked on the skin, leaving an elegant but discreet - shall we call it - love brand behind.
If you're going to cheat, at least be bold enough about it and keep the wedding band on.
Hehe, yeah I intentionally misunderstood your comment to make a joke...
With my so, we actually talked about getting a ring tattoo instead of an actual ring because of how we both never wear jewellery.
Some good humored banter never hurt anybody.
That is the sole thing I draw the line. Scynical as it may sound, ink on skin, no. It feels as an ownership brand that can never be taken off or thrown away.
I personally dislike the notion of being permanent on another life. Either because things don't work, people grow apart or someone simply dies, from misfortune, sickness or old age, nobody should be tied to another, in any way. Life should go on. Must.
And I'm happily and for a long time monogamous.
Recommend looking into moissanite also if you like diamonds but don't want to support the industry. Very similar looking, better in some ways. And because it hardly occurs naturally at all, you can only buy synthetic.
Vintage sapphire is where it's at. Nothing comes close to the magic blue of untreated sapphire.
Wow, you werent kidding. What a pretty stone.
I got my wife a antique sapphire ring to replace the engagement ring that was stolen in a burglary. When the sun hits that jem, it's like staring into the deepest clear ocean. I was in the Navy and remember when we were coming to port in Honolulu. The water was the bluest blue I'd ever seen. Old sapphire gives me the same feels