Can you tell the difference between a lab grown diamond and a mined diamond?

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Anonymous wrote:So the little secret is about 20%(maybe a lot more) of natural diamond in jewelry is actually lab grown. Specially the smaller stones. People are just not checking them.

Watch the documentary “nothing last forever”

This is on Prime. It is devastating. GFI certified do not matter. The industry is a wash with the mixing of lab grown and natural diamonds.

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Is gold more or less valued correctly relative to scarcity then? (ie price is not artificially inflated due to some monopoly)

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Anonymous wrote:Look lab growns are putting a lot of pressure on the prices for natural diamonds. Right now naturals are worth more on the resell but for how long?

It really seems the natural diamonds are being pushed up by the industry. There are huge surplus of natural diamonds and the demand is falling.

There has always been a huge surplus of mined diamonds. That was the lie the diamond manufacturers told everyone. It was all marketing. They limited diamond availability to keep the prices high. Go read about the way the diamond market worked. They were never that rare. The market has been manipulated intentionally to keep prices high and when lab diamonds came about, the same big companies tried to do the same thing with them. They tried to limit the availability and were charging almost as much as the price for a mined diamond. It was ridiculous. They didn't have a monopoly on the development of the diamonds though and eventually manufacturers of labs popped up in India, Russia, China etc and there was no cornering of the market and central control.

A little piece of garnet from VCA cost 4k. People are willing to pay for “pretty” jewelry. If a diamond is pretty then it can commend whatever price people are willing to pay. After all jewel’s sole purpose is to be pretty.

[Anonymous]

I own a natural diamond ring and a "fun upgrade" lab diamond and the way I can tell is people get stones that are so big there is no way that the person could afford that size ring, so that is how I can tell. If you live in a 3mm house in chevy chase, get the 3 carat lab, no one will know. If you are a teacher and government employee living in a 3 bed/1 bed ranch in silver spring, don't get the 3 carat lab.

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Anonymous wrote:I asked my boyfriend to propose with a chunky gold band with some other small gemstones set in it. Didn't want to deal with any of the the diamond center stone drama.

I have a diamond center stone and have had zero "drama" associated with it. So -- sounds like you have a weird personal problem.

Yes I do have a personal problem with diamonds mined by children in poor countries, thanks. Don't want to support that industry at all.

That’s fine, you’re not wearing a simulated diamond that perpetuates the health of the industry. It’s people lamenting the industry and claiming that they don’t support it so that’s why they buy labs that are ridiculous. Don’t support such an industry then, wtf. We all know you wanted a cheaper ring, who doesn’t? Quit needing so much validation

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is gold more or less valued correctly relative to scarcity then? (ie price is not artificially inflated due to some monopoly)

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I own a natural diamond ring and a "fun upgrade" lab diamond and the way I can tell is people get stones that are so big there is no way that the person could afford that size ring, so that is how I can tell. If you live in a 3mm house in chevy chase, get the 3 carat lab, no one will know. If you are a teacher and government employee living in a 3 bed/1 bed ranch in silver spring, don't get the 3 carat lab.

No you can buy a used ring and have the stone reset. The resale market for diamond jewelry is heavily discounted 30%-50% of original cost.

Soon Diamonds will be like culture pearls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I own a natural diamond ring and a "fun upgrade" lab diamond and the way I can tell is people get stones that are so big there is no way that the person could afford that size ring, so that is how I can tell. If you live in a 3mm house in chevy chase, get the 3 carat lab, no one will know. If you are a teacher and government employee living in a 3 bed/1 bed ranch in silver spring, don't get the 3 carat lab.

No, you still can’t tell. I live in a modest pg suburb and work as a fed and so does my husband and I have a spectacular diamond ring that has been passed through my family, because the women in my family are goofy and love jewelry.

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Anonymous wrote:I own a natural diamond ring and a "fun upgrade" lab diamond and the way I can tell is people get stones that are so big there is no way that the person could afford that size ring, so that is how I can tell. If you live in a 3mm house in chevy chase, get the 3 carat lab, no one will know. If you are a teacher and government employee living in a 3 bed/1 bed ranch in silver spring, don't get the 3 carat lab.

No, you still can’t tell. I live in a modest pg suburb and work as a fed and so does my husband and I have a spectacular diamond ring that has been passed through my family, because the women in my family are goofy and love jewelry.

My mother in law saved a 1.5 carat diamond from her South African days (1980?) but it doesn’t sparkle as much as my 0.4 carat stone.