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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you wasting your money on something that is essentially worthless?[/quote]

Diamond prices are artificially inflated

Plus why would you want to contribute to blood diamonds?  There is no such thing as a non-blood diamond.

Here’s one area in Sierra Leone -

Workers get a couple of dollars a day and they’re sold for billions all over the world.  The Sierra Leone caves had been used to fund civil war in the country previously and now owned by outsiders.

“Now owned by Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz’s BSG Resources, the company has played a defining role in the local diamond industry ever since.
To expand its original mining operations, the company destroyed a significant proportion of the city and its surrounding, evicting hundreds from their homes. This caused major disruption to local livelihoods, destroying swaths of farmlands, polluting the air and contaminating underground water in the area.”

https://www.occrp.org/en/blog/17046-duplicity-and-destitution-how-sierra-leones-artisanal-diamonds-fail-to-benefit-local-communities

Why would anyone buy these rocks knowing their history.  Lab diamonds are smart and just as beautiful.  [/quote]

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