De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds

Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by simonebrunozzi on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:45PM (#17184897)

Exactly. Just wait for their counter-blow.

They have enough money, resources and incentives to try to destroy man-made diamonds for at least a few more decades.

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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by Animats on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:49PM (#17184914)

Not like they used to. De Beers used to have a monopoly on distribution, but that's been broken.

You can get synthetic diamonds on Alibaba now. Some of which really are diamond.

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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by hospes on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @05:05PM (#17191776)

How do you distinguish if they are real diamonds on Alibaba?

Edit: Typo

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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by pnathan on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:34PM (#17189133)

now I am wondering about getting a multi-carat synthetic diamond on the cheap. :-)

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