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Lab-Grown Diamonds: They’re Real, and They’re Spectacular
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 544" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/lab-grown-diamonds-are-a-thing" target="_blank"><strong>Lab-Grown Diamonds: They’re Real, and They’re Spectacular - GQ</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Getting engaged just got 30% cheaper. </p><p></p><p>It's rare that an imitation, Frankensteined into existence, is anything more than a watered-down, flimsy version of the original. <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/favorite-watches-worn-by-GQ-editors" target="_blank">Real Rolexes</a> and Folexes. Charcuterie and "ham"-and-"cheese" Lunchables. Coke and Diet Coke. (Fight me, Diet Coke fans.) But when it comes to diamonds—items we've historically been conditioned to think of as exceptionally precious—that might not be the case.</p><p></p><p>Lab-grown diamonds are exactly what they sound like: diamonds that were manufactured in a lab, rather than mined from the earth. These aren't knockoffs; they're not cubic zirconia; they're not Swarovski crystals. They're bona fide diamonds—chemically identical to their earthen counterparts, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2018/08/02/what-the-ftc-diamond-ruling-means-for-consumers-and-diamond-marketers/" target="_blank">so declared by the FTC</a> this summer, except they cost about 30% less than mined diamonds. Excellent news if you're shopping for a diamond…and less excellent if you're selling them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 544, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.gq.com/story/lab-grown-diamonds-are-a-thing'][B]Lab-Grown Diamonds: They’re Real, and They’re Spectacular - GQ[/B][/URL] Getting engaged just got 30% cheaper. It's rare that an imitation, Frankensteined into existence, is anything more than a watered-down, flimsy version of the original. [URL='https://www.gq.com/story/favorite-watches-worn-by-GQ-editors']Real Rolexes[/URL] and Folexes. Charcuterie and "ham"-and-"cheese" Lunchables. Coke and Diet Coke. (Fight me, Diet Coke fans.) But when it comes to diamonds—items we've historically been conditioned to think of as exceptionally precious—that might not be the case. Lab-grown diamonds are exactly what they sound like: diamonds that were manufactured in a lab, rather than mined from the earth. These aren't knockoffs; they're not cubic zirconia; they're not Swarovski crystals. They're bona fide diamonds—chemically identical to their earthen counterparts, [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2018/08/02/what-the-ftc-diamond-ruling-means-for-consumers-and-diamond-marketers/']so declared by the FTC[/URL] this summer, except they cost about 30% less than mined diamonds. Excellent news if you're shopping for a diamond…and less excellent if you're selling them. [/QUOTE]
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