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[quote=Anonymous]I've loved gemstones of all kinds since I was a kid. I used to go to the gem shop for fun. My sorority voted me "most likely to be clad only in diamonds" lol.

But I love the sparkles, not the marketing or the manufactured cache. So sure, if I can get the same look and chemical composition for a fraction of the cost, sign me up.

I've been watching the advances in lab diamond and moissanite technology. They've both come a long way. The weird hues and inclusions are being corrected for (moissanites used to be a greenish hue, and lab diamonds brownish with odd log-like inclusions). That said, with moissanite being half the price or more of lab diamonds and having been perfected more IMO, it's my current preferred stone (moissanites are actually more sparkly than diamonds). But I'm sure soon lab diamonds will be even better.

If you want a lab diamond, James Allen has really good magnified photos of all their diamonds. Be sure to look at the profile view to check out if there's a brownish hue. Most natural diamonds have a yellow hue (though some have a brown hue, and some people say grade for grade, a brown can show less hue than a yellow). I've always gone for slightly tinted (I, J, K) natural diamonds in an ideal cut to save money, so I prefer that slight yellow tinge. [/quote]

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