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Synthetic diamonds has eaten into the real diamond market, don't kid yourself. They're having to work a lot harder for much smaller profits. There's also a lot
by astrodust 10y ago
Synthetic diamonds has eaten into the real diamond market, don't kid yourself. They're having to work a lot harder for much smaller profits.
There's also a lot of effort from the diamond mining conglomerates to fight against synthetic diamonds. The poachers have no such capability, they're just doing it for money and will move on to whatever else pays better the moment poaching isn't profitable.
It's a two part thing: Increase supply, cut demand. You can't expect miracles without working both angles aggressively, and we've only just started with truly "fake" horns that test as the real thing.