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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by petre on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:14AM (#16551470)
It is only in the last half decade that technology has advanced to a level that scientists at De Beers, itself a pioneer in lab-grown diamond production [..]

Of course they have their own diamond growing lab and Deep Sea diamond mining rigs. I too hope are beaten by other market players.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/a-new-frontier-f...

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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by lawlessone on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:56AM (#16551735)
>Deep Sea diamond mining rigs

That's actually ridiculous, we're destroying the enviroment to mine something we can produce cheaper in a factory.

Not to mention the issues with blood diamonds. child labour etc.

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