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Go with moisonnaite, not lab grown diamonds!
by jncfhnb 2y ago
Go with moisonnaite, not lab grown diamonds!
- eppp 2y agoMoissanite isn't exactly cheap either.
- Kirby64 2y agoMoissanite is sub $100/carat if you have the right vendor. Not expensive at all.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoHow come?
- Kirby64 2y agoShinier than diamonds, for one. Much cheaper than even lab grown diamonds, for two. Almost as hard, and generally even fewer deficits than diamonds (except lab ones which are basically deficit free, just like moissinite).
- aeonik 2y agoIt's also a lattice of Carbon and Silicon, a symbolic reflection of our modern cyborg world.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoOooh, I like this.
- ceejayoz 2y agoMoissanite is... also lab grown?
- magnetowasright 2y ago+1 for moissanite! I went with moissanite for my engagement ring. A lab grown diamond with equivalent specs was $13000 (AUD). The moissanite was $700 (AUD) which was in line with other international jewellery vendors' prices. You can get much cheaper prices than what we paid but we were happy to go through the jeweller's preferred vendor rather than sourcing it ourselves. I had considered other gems like emerald, sapphire, etc. but I'm rough on my hands and wanted something really tough. I felt a bit silly that I wanted a ring at all, tbh. Just not getting one is an option we considered. I like shiny things and don't own any other jewellery. That's my excuse and I'm running with it! I really love it. It's so dazzling it distracts me sometimes when the light plays on it. I'm a bit embarrassed when people think it's a diamond; we've got a million other things we'd spend tens of thousands of dollars on that's not a shiny rock. Anyway, moissanite is great.
- purple-leafy 2y agoAlso naturally occurring moisonnaite is much, much, much rarer than diamond :)