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I thought that De Beer had changed their approach to one of promoting the imperfections of real diamonds. And the news this week regarding "deeper" diamonds hav
by intrasight 9y ago
I thought that De Beer had changed their approach to one of promoting the imperfections of real diamonds. And the news this week regarding "deeper" diamonds having exceedingly rare minerals embedded within could further this cause.
https://www.sciencealert.com/super-deep-diamond-contains-calcium-silicate-perovskite-first-time-seen https://www.sciencealert.com/super-deep-diamond-contains-cal...
"Rare" still has status and therefore a price premium.
- abritinthebay 9y agoIt does but it requires them being ok ceding the mass market. Which is fine, but it’s a massive cultural shift for them & I’m not sure they’d want to do that (though they may have no choice).