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At some point in the near future, maybe 1 year, maybe 10, anyone with a spare couple million dollars will be able to buy a machine to grow diamonds indistinguis
by ipqk 10y ago
At some point in the near future, maybe 1 year, maybe 10, anyone with a spare couple million dollars will be able to buy a machine to grow diamonds indistinguishable from mined diamonds, defects and all. No one will be able to tell at all, and the market will be flooded. Prices for mined & manufactured alike will crater.
There is no future for mined diamonds.
- jghn 10y agoat some point 15-20 years or so ago De Beers started laser etching logos on the diamonds for exactly this reason.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 10y agoWasn't the public reason for laser etching to prevent conflict diamonds from having a market?
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- icantdrive55 10y agoLaser etching machines are going down in price yearly. I once thought about a good etching to put on a diamond; "Hello--file the divorce papers. I hoped this day would never come, but just had a weird feeling. That day has come. Talk to me tonight?" Yes, it would go all the way around the girdle of the diamond. (I used to be romantic, but not anymore. Just too much greed, ugliness in relationships. Or, maybe it was just my generation?)
- Animats 10y agoThe price of a basic CVD system is already much lower than that.[1] The process is slow, though. Weeks of time in the vacuum chamber with vapor being deposited one layer of atoms at a time. [1] https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/1200C-Chemical-vapor-Deposition-Diamond-machine_60339122728.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/1200C-Chemical-vapor-...