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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If anything, diamonds are less stigmatized now because people will assume that you are wearing a lab diamond, not a mined one, and that no child soldiers were killed during the mining of your bracelet.

(PP doesn’t know what “stigma” means. Didn’t we just have a thread on this exact topic? )

Here’s what WILL be stigmatized going forward- big ass emeralds. The Taliban is overseeing the reopening of gemstone and other mineral mines, and apparently some of the most exquisite emeralds on the planet are found underneath Afghanistan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-mining.html

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Pp you are referring to.  “Real” diamonds never had a stigma in my social circle and people I knew called lab diamonds “fake.”  I would venture to say diamond marketing is still pretty powerful.

And your post was unnecessarily rude.[/quote]
This. No one in my social circle assumes that your diamond is a lab. If that's what you want, fine, but I would not buy one. [b]Natural diamonds are the status symbol now.[/b][/quote]

Status symbols, by definition, need to be easily identifiable out in the wild. Natural diamonds v lab diamonds are not. At all. [/quote]

Well the enormous like 6 carat stones that would run around $100k are generally going to be labs so most of us can tell. [/quote]

Don't you worry, judgmental pp who "can tell." A 6 carat lab is still very expensive, so there won't be a lot of the poors running around with them to annoy your sense of what is right. When the price on the really big labs comes down, maybe you can lobby your local community for some sumptuary laws? Just to make sure everyone's place in the world is clear?[/quote]

You can already get one for around $1500. How much cheaper can they get? Clearly you have no idea wtf you’re talking about. And IDGAF about place in the world, they just look stupid and uncomfortable. Nobody cares. [/quote]

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