Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed that the celebrities have been preferring the bombé ring style, which uses a lot of gold. It makes sense, as it's no longer such a flex to have a huge stone.

Huge stones aren't practical.

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I would never wear a fake lab diamond. It's like having ChatGPT write your wedding vows.

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Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

100%. They are mad that poors can now afford something that looks like theirs.

I actually used to think lab grown diamonds were inferior but the more these women b itch and moan about "Omg, some middle class person has a ring bigger than mine now" makes me want a lab diamond.

Yup. People are salty they paid a lot of money for something a ton of people can get now. A bunch of young people are buying 2ct rings for 2k and it feels unfair

Lol the youngins on this site who think we couldn’t buy TEN 2k lab rings with our checking account this week if we wanted to. We’re so not jelly of you like you want us to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never wear a fake lab diamond. It's like having ChatGPT write your wedding vows.

No. It's absolutely not.

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Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

100%. They are mad that poors can now afford something that looks like theirs.

I actually used to think lab grown diamonds were inferior but the more these women b itch and moan about "Omg, some middle class person has a ring bigger than mine now" makes me want a lab diamond.

Yup. People are salty they paid a lot of money for something a ton of people can get now. A bunch of young people are buying 2ct rings for 2k and it feels unfair

Lol the youngins on this site who think we couldn’t buy TEN 2k lab rings with our checking account this week if we wanted to. We’re so not jelly of you like you want us to be.

Only 10?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone flaunting a big (2+) carat lab grown diamond is low class. Simple as.

how would you even know? do you walk around with a loupe?

There is no way to tell a lab grown vs mined diamond if there is no marker mark.

Well, no. That is not true. Its inclusions do have "tells." You can't tell with your naked eye, but they are distinguishable.

Please tell us how you differentiate the two.

Fluorescence and inclusion type.

… I’m speechless at the ignorance in this thread. I’m guessing it’s a generational divide like another PP kinda referenced above.

Sorry, did you not know lab diamonds are detectable by fluorescence and inclusion type (not by the naked eye) or what exactly is your point?

You again! The whole “sorry” and “or what exactly is your point” snark combo is pretty distinctive. Might want to switch it up.

So you didn’t know lab diamonds are identifiable by infusion type or…??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

We don't. Enjoy your cheap large rings.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone flaunting a big (2+) carat lab grown diamond is low class. Simple as.

how would you even know? do you walk around with a loupe?

There is no way to tell a lab grown vs mined diamond if there is no marker mark.

Well, no. That is not true. Its inclusions do have "tells." You can't tell with your naked eye, but they are distinguishable.

Please tell us how you differentiate the two.

Fluorescence and inclusion type.

… I’m speechless at the ignorance in this thread. I’m guessing it’s a generational divide like another PP kinda referenced above.

Sorry, did you not know lab diamonds are detectable by fluorescence and inclusion type (not by the naked eye) or what exactly is your point?

Actually there is no way to tell the difference.. There is no different between a lab and a mined diamond. If you understand what is being measured you would understand how faulty you respond is

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

We don't. Enjoy your cheap large rings.

Why are you so crabby about this? These responses come off as you being pissed some recently engaged broke 20something gets to wear a diamond that they wouldn’t have been able to afford back in the day.

Plenty of other things you can buy that show off how much you spent, diamonds just aren’t one of those things anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone flaunting a big (2+) carat lab grown diamond is low class. Simple as.

how would you even know? do you walk around with a loupe?

There is no way to tell a lab grown vs mined diamond if there is no marker mark.

Well, no. That is not true. Its inclusions do have "tells." You can't tell with your naked eye, but they are distinguishable.

Please tell us how you differentiate the two.

Fluorescence and inclusion type.

… I’m speechless at the ignorance in this thread. I’m guessing it’s a generational divide like another PP kinda referenced above.

Sorry, did you not know lab diamonds are detectable by fluorescence and inclusion type (not by the naked eye) or what exactly is your point?

Actually there is no way to tell the difference.. There is no different between a lab and a mined diamond. If you understand what is being measured you would understand how faulty you respond is

There is no way to tell the difference… to the naked eye. There absolutely are ways to tell the difference with a loupe and measuring fluorescence.

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Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

100%. They are mad that poors can now afford something that looks like theirs.

I actually used to think lab grown diamonds were inferior but the more these women b itch and moan about "Omg, some middle class person has a ring bigger than mine now" makes me want a lab diamond.

Yup. People are salty they paid a lot of money for something a ton of people can get now. A bunch of young people are buying 2ct rings for 2k and it feels unfair

Lol the youngins on this site who think we couldn’t buy TEN 2k lab rings with our checking account this week if we wanted to. We’re so not jelly of you like you want us to be.

Love how your argument, to now, has been that buying a large lab ring is "tacky" and gaudy but here you are talking about how much money you have. Also, we didn't call you jealous. We called you bitter, and you are. You're bitter that your husband bought a 1ct ring 20 years ago and now someone like my 28yo sister whose DH is barely middle management has a 2ct ring.

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Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

We don't. Enjoy your cheap large rings.

Why are you so crabby about this? These responses come off as you being pissed some recently engaged broke 20something gets to wear a diamond that they wouldn’t have been able to afford back in the day.

Plenty of other things you can buy that show off how much you spent, diamonds just aren’t one of those things anymore.

But but but she could buy ten rings with her checking account today if she wanted! She's so old money and tasteful!

We're in awe of you, really, PP. So old money and blue blooded.

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No one cares. You don't get a reward because some kid in Africa lost an arm mining your diamond.

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Anonymous wrote:These threads always turn into the same thing. Older women who pretend they aren’t material but then bleat about lab grown diamonds because they think their old ring is now devalued.

We don't. Enjoy your cheap large rings.

The fact that you call them cheap is just telling of how much it bothers you. Just a pathetic cope.

[Anonymous]

Blue Blood here, checking in. I'm 40 and all my old school friends are fine with lab diamonds for new jewelry.

Estate and antique jewelry is its own (wonderful) thing, but we're a thrifty bunch and anecdotally, we have no problem with the new lab diamonds. I know at least two that have asked for lab diamond studs for Christmas.

I'm literally wearing an Edwardian gold necklace that belonged to my great grandmother and a ring with a lab sapphire I bought last year at this very moment. FWIW, I rarely wear my engagement ring at all. I wear my wedding band (thin, gold, engraved with leaves) alone 95% of the time.