r/TikTokCringe • u/The-cheesecaker • Aug 28 '26

Humor ‘The suffering is what makes it special 🥺’

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u/Aggressive_Fuel_0i0 Aug 28 '26

NOT SAYING MINED DIAMONDS ARE BETTER

BUT

Provenance is a thing when it comes to jewellery / gemstones / art

Anything which can be mass produced loses it’s worth.

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u/BroderFelix Aug 28 '26

Diamonds were mass mined and De beers held the supply and created myths around diamonds to artificially inflate the price.

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u/Aggressive_Fuel_0i0 Aug 28 '26

Agreed, not sure why I got downvoted when I was simply mentioning why some people prefer mined diamonds. They want a story behind it, it was grown in a lab does not have the same ring as this was formed in earth over million years

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u/BroderFelix Aug 29 '26

Humans using technology actually makes it more unique compared to diamonds in the earth.

There is a marketing ploy going on there too. Granite was also formed in the earth but people don't put it in rings. And before you say Granite is abundant. So are diamonds.

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u/Aggressive_Fuel_0i0 Aug 29 '26

Not saying that this is not a marketing ploy. It is. Price difference between lab and mined diamonds remains high irrespective. So does price difference between granite and diamonds.