That was not a confidence inspiring set of heuristics. Who's to say you couldn't make a smaller, less perfect Cubic Zirconium.

>> ^rychan:
That was not a confidence inspiring set of heuristics. Who's to say you couldn't make a smaller, less perfect Cubic Zirconium.


Or if someone just happened to walk in with a perfectly shaped and colored diamond that is 300 - 400 grand and let it walk out the door.

two comments

1. diamonds are a scam - the price is kept artificially high by debeers keeping them scarce. they have warehouses full of diamonds and only release them to the market slowly to keep the price up. and they have very low resale value because of this artificial scarcity. if you buy an emerald, it retains most of its value, but if you buy a diamond the second you walk out of the store it's worth 75% less

2. man-made diamonds are more and more common and they are "real" diamonds (compressed carbon). debeers has had to add microscopic markings to their diamonds (only visible to a testing machine) so that dealers can tell which were mined and which were created. but the man-mades cost half or 1/3 as much

Hey hey! Don't speak bad about my awesome diamond. These things have value!1!!
>> ^joe2:
two comments
1. diamonds are a scam - the price is kept artificially high by debeers keeping them scarce. they have warehouses full of diamonds and only release them to the market slowly to keep the price up. and they have very low resale value because of this artificial scarcity. if you buy an emerald, it retains most of its value, but if you buy a diamond the second you walk out of the store it's worth 75% less
2. man-made diamonds are more and more common and they are "real" diamonds (compressed carbon). debeers has had to add microscopic markings to their diamonds (only visible to a testing machine) so that dealers can tell which were mined and which were created. but the man-mades cost half or 1/3 as much

>> ^Stingray:
>> ^rychan:
That was not a confidence inspiring set of heuristics. Who's to say you couldn't make a smaller, less perfect Cubic Zirconium.

Or if someone just happened to walk in with a perfectly shaped and colored diamond that is 300 - 400 grand and let it walk out the door.

Either that, or you could pick up a $350K diamond for a steal: "Oh, it's too perfect. Must be a CZ. I'll take it off your hands for, say, $50?"

Completely agreed. A more in-depth analysis of this and other reasons why diamonds are a very shitty investment (even as an engagement band!) is available at http://www.diamondssuck.com/

>> ^joe2:
two comments
1. diamonds are a scam - the price is kept artificially high by debeers keeping them scarce. they have warehouses full of diamonds and only release them to the market slowly to keep the price up. and they have very low resale value because of this artificial scarcity. if you buy an emerald, it retains most of its value, but if you buy a diamond the second you walk out of the store it's worth 75% less
2. man-made diamonds are more and more common and they are "real" diamonds (compressed carbon). debeers has had to add microscopic markings to their diamonds (only visible to a testing machine) so that dealers can tell which were mined and which were created. but the man-mades cost half or 1/3 as much

>> ^HaricotVert:
Completely agreed. A more in-depth analysis of this and other reasons why diamonds are a very shitty investment (even as an engagement band!) is available at http://www.diamondssuck.com/



Um... you're going to use a site that's only purpose in life is to make money off referrals to Moissanite sellers as a source of reliable information?

F*ck people have become absolutely shit at looking at the source of their information... any site they find they treat as gospel... bloody hell. It makes me wish for the days of libraries again sometimes.

Take-home lesson from this video: only buy artificial diamonds. They're still compressed carbon, and they're better anyway (less flawed).

If you dislike money so much that you would like to be relieved of it, there are 1 billion malnourished humans who would have more appreciation for it.

My wife and I didn't want to spend a ton of money on wedding jewelry, so we decided to go with Moissanite. Took her rings to a jeweler a few years ago to have them professionally cleaned, and they used an electronic diamond detector to confirm they were real. Imagine my surprise when we were told that they cleared as being real. When I told the jeweler they weren't diamonds, she couldn't believe it. I wonder if their scanner was a piece of junk, or if they really are that difficult to tell.

Prove to me that the site is sponsored and I will happily redact the link in my above post. Also, while you're at it, prove to me that any of the statements the author makes about diamonds vs. moissanite are untrue.

The links are there as a resource to reputable moissanite dealers. That's all. The section heading even SAYS "links to reputable dealers." Those dealers are competing with one another. Maybe you should also check the author's personal site at the bottom of the page? His actual profession is entirely separate from the moissanite page.

Don't be such an asshole as to automatically assume that this is the only moissanite resource out there that I've read, or assume that I'm some sheep that will eat up whatever is presented before me. I just linked one that is concise and well-presented. If you need corroboration there is shitloads of that available as well. Libraries-fucking-indeed.

>> ^spoco2:
>> ^HaricotVert:
Completely agreed. A more in-depth analysis of this and other reasons why diamonds are a very shitty investment (even as an engagement band!) is available at http://www.diamondssuck.com/


Um... you're going to use a site that's only purpose in life is to make money off referrals to Moissanite sellers as a source of reliable information?
F ck people have become absolutely shit at looking at the source of their information... any site they find they treat as gospel... bloody hell. It makes me wish for the days of libraries again sometimes.