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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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