[Jewelry making - Article 00071] - [Orchid] Cultured diamonds-FYI

[Janet Kofoed]

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    I recently received an e-mail about cultured diamonds. I'd heard of
    these, but the ones I'd heard of were only yellow. But apparently
    they can now do colorless ones or other colors. Here's the e-mail I
    received, with URLs. 

    Janet Kofoed 

    What's a diamond worth? Whatever you can get someone to pay for it.
    Diamonds are valuable because they used to be rare. Now with
    efficient mining operations they're common, but the "gem-quality"
    diamonds are still rare enough to be valuable. The price of diamonds
    is supported by the De Beers cartel (http://www.debeers.com), who
    controls the majority of the worldwide diamond production. 

    It's been possible to synthesize diamonds for a long time, but now
    they've gotten better and cheaper. Now you can get "flawless"
    synthesized diamonds that cannot be distinguished from natural
    diamonds by most gemologists and almost all retail diamond
    purchasers. Two companies make diamonds like this so far, priced
    about 1/3 less than traditional diamonds: Gemesis and Apollo. 

    http://gemesis.com/specs_1.htm 

    http://www.apollodiamond.com/gemstones.html 

    Some people prefer these diamonds because in Africa and some other
    places, the diamond business causes war, slavery, and other bad
    things 

    associated with money. 

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40835-2004Feb13.html


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