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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:30AM (#17185529)
The names ruby and sapphire are not marketing driven; they are color terms that long predate the development of chemistry to the point where we could determine what gems were.

Many famous historical "rubies" are not corundum but spinel; they were called rubies because "ruby" was the term for any red gemstone.

"Moissanite" is purely marketing, though.

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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by radisb on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @06:48AM (#17186572)
I can also verify this. I currently have 932 flawless imperial rubies in my stash and they are all red.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by logfromblammo on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:12AM (#17187762)
One of the drawbacks of being dragonborn is the hoarding instinct.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by pierredewet on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:44AM (#17188037)
Proudspire Manor won’t buy itself
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by wlesieutre on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:04PM (#17199704)
Looks like a Diablo 3 reference to me. Put one of those in your hat for +37% exp!
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by radisb on Friday June 01, 2018 @08:43AM (#17204746)
:)
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @03:11PM (#17190720)
Sadly, I do not personally own any historically significant jewelry. But you can read about it pretty easily.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Prince%27s_Ruby

> The Black Prince's Ruby is a large, irregular cabochon red spinel weighing 170 carats (34 g)

> It wasn't until 1783 that spinels were differentiated from rubies.

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