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> superior to diamonds in every essential way: cut, color, clarity, durability, fire, brilliance Yet the author still uses the "desirable" properties taught by
by coin 10y ago
> superior to diamonds in every essential way: cut, color, clarity, durability, fire, brilliance
Yet the author still uses the "desirable" properties taught by the diamond industry
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoWhat is the point of this comment? If I design a new type of helmut that was totally awesome, it would rightly be judged against other helmuts. If I buy a stone specifically as an alternative to diamond for jewellery, why would I come up with different criteria?
- coin 10y agoThe point is that these "desirable" attributes were chosen by the diamond industry to promote their own gems. Why is "fire" or "brilliance" the reference by which gemstones are judged by? This mindset is exactly what the diamond industry has created, and the irony is that the author has taken the same sheepish following that diamond customers have.
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoProbably because those criteria actually look good for jewellery. Which makes sense, easier to get someone to pay more for a gem they think looks good, than to make them pay more for a gem they don't think looks good.