• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    About this site…

    © 2006 Josh Kaufman. Content last updated: May 21, 2006

    I mean, this is still all true, but damn. Why is boingboing reporting on a nearly 20-year-old site in response to news about the diamond industry? One could argue the existence of that site and people’s knowledge of all that being true is part of why diamond sales were in the crapper anyway…

    boingboing has really gone downhill since most of the original team left and it became an ad-infested mess.

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    10 months ago

    While I agree we shouldn’t be using them for jewelry, diamonds are factually very important and incredibly valuable to manufacturing.

    They’re the only thing hard enough to cut and shape tungsten carbide, which is instrumental in basically any complex machinery work.

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      10 months ago

      Interestingly, moissanite (per the source referenced by the article) exceed diamonds in hardness (“toughness”) as well.

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        10 months ago

        I saw that as well, but I think cut hardness must be jewelers terminology. As far as actual hardness diamonds are a 10 on the mohs scale, moissanite is a 9.25, and tungsten carbide is usually around 9-9.5.

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    I’ve been getting podcast ads lately for “natural diamonds” which is badmouthing man made diamonds and a it give a couple very true facts about how 80% of the diamond’s value stays in the community and it’s all legal and above board and definitely no one dies for these diamonds.

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    10 months ago

    Wait, wait! Lemme guess. “Exploitation of child labor, unsafe (ie. lethal) practices, and general corruption”, right?

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      Yeah but also cut hardness shine fire brilliance etc etc. moissonite is objectively superior in every way.

      This site is about two very simple truths: (1) diamonds are an incredible rip-off, and (2) a little known naturally-occuring gemstone called moissanite is superior to diamonds in every essential way: cut, color, clarity, durability, fire, brilliance, and cost.

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      10 months ago

      You forgot about the whole, hoard heaps and pretend they’re rare and we don’t have swimming pools worth in warehouses.

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    10 months ago

    I’ve heard that diamonds brought to the surface from the depths below change with time cos they don’t experience the pressure anymore.

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      I heard that you won’t be able to tell the difference because you’re not a jeweler.

      Personally, I think it’s good people value ‘natural’ diamonds more so they can get ripped off by being sold synthetic diamonds and told they’re natural.

      They won’t be able to tell the difference, and they have enough money to fund their stupidity.

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        10 months ago

        I have a feeling that you’re implying negative critique on me.
        Just telling what I heard, mate. I don’t know is it a fact or not. I don’t use or buy diamonds and I don’t know much about them.

        Cheating people is not cool.
        One thing you could do would be to get the diamond checked to find out its authenticity.

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    10 months ago

    I love BoingBoing. It has shown me some interesting news articles from all around the internet.