De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds

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.

> 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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