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Diamonds were desirable jewelery way before anyone had the idea of using them in industry. It's true that the association with engagement rings is a new "tradit
by tsimionescu 3y ago
Diamonds were desirable jewelery way before anyone had the idea of using them in industry. It's true that the association with engagement rings is a new "tradition" invented by advertisers, but wearing diamond jewelery is not.
- saiya-jin 3y agoNot this level of worship, they were worn because they were shiny, and so were all the other precious stones, so was silver and gold. Diamonds had no real elevated value globally as jewelry before debeers marketing came along.
- tsimionescu 3y agoAbsolutely. I'm just saying it's not fair to say they were industrial abrasives before debeers marketing came along.
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- tsimionescu 3y agoThey were still being used as jewelry at that time, so even if their industrial use is older than I thought, the jewelery use is still much, much older than deBeers.