[Jewelry making - Article 00847] - Re: [Orchid] Gemesis laboratory grown diamonds

[The Doctor]

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>         I brought up the site (it loads very slowly) and was shocked
>     to see how few people were carrying the product. 

    It's not so shocking to me. Most reports are that the Gemesis and
    other synthetics are priced at around half of natural diamond.
    Speaking for the US (and we do buy the vast majority of diamonds in
    the world for bridal jewelry, in particular), the attitude is for
    retailers to say to their bridal jewelry customers "Yes, the
    lab-created diamonds are cheaper, but do you really want that ring,
    a symbol of your undying love that will last forever, to contain a
    diamond that is FAKE?" This isn't my position, I don't feel a
    synthetic is fake, it's just synthetic. 

    Everyone knows how traditional and parochial the diamond industry
    is. Resistance to change is great, and adopting lab-created diamonds
    while stockpiles of natural rough and finished diamonds are still so
    plentiful is very unlikely anytime soon. Attitudes may eventually
    change somewhat, but the companies who mine them from the ground and
    spend so many millions promoting them will continue to find ways to
    discredit the synthetics. 

    Personally, I'm not very keen on diamonds at all. There are so many
    more interesting gem materials. And synthetic diamonds in jewelry
    just aren't my cup o' tea. Industrial use is another matter. I think
    the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method may be interesting. I can
    imagine the possibilities regarding microprocessor design. Computing
    devices such as the one on which I type this post will become
    incredibly powerful. 

James in SoFl

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