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> Diamonds are possibly the biggest scam in human history. > To the naked eye, the lab-grown diamond looks identical to a natural stone. GIA, an education and
by verisimi 2y ago
> Diamonds are possibly the biggest scam in human history.
> To the naked eye, the lab-grown diamond looks identical to a natural stone. GIA, an education and standards nonprofit founded in 1931, uses the same criteria to grade both kinds of stones, said chief laboratory and research officer Tom Moses.
> But Moses *says* he can spot the difference using special equipment: Natural diamonds *often* have a different growth structure. They also *may* have trace amounts of nitrogen trapped inside.
- saghm 2y agoI don't see how this refutes the idea of the diamond industry being a scam. The only purpose for diamonds in jewelry is aesthetics, and if it's literally impossible for even an expert to tell the difference between natural and lab-grown without using special equipment, it sounds like the lab-grown ones are perfect at what they're actually being used for, so why wouldn't it be better to get the cheaper ones that are sourced ethically?
- verisimi 2y agoIt wasn't a refutation of the industry being a scam.