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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by SilasX on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @08:50PM (#17184042)
De Beers has a way of monopolizing markets, so it may be difficult to find a provider of an unstamped synthetic.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by bdavisx on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:01PM (#17184109)
No, it won't: https://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/CN/cvd-diamond.html
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by SilasX on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:16AM (#17188326)
“Monopoly” doesn’t mean there are literally no alternatives.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by brandonjm on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:05PM (#17184137)
However De Beers aren't the only ones who know how to make them, and given their apparent distaste for them they probably don't hold the patent.

Unless they intend to buy every company that starts making them or pay the patent holders a fortune, I don't see how they can effectively monopolise this like they can real diamonds.

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