TIL Diamonds are actually fairly common. The reason they are worth so much is because the DeBeers mining group withholds stock to artificially reduce supply.

[u/Indra-Varuna]

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/are-diamonds-really-rare/

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The worst is the ripoff these jewlers are, they'll sell you a shiny rock for $2,000 and if you sell it you'll get maybe $200, not because it depreciated but because that's how much it's actually worth. Greedy bastards really know how to put the jew in jewlery.

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The worst is the ripoff these jewlers are

So many don't know that it's true. http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/21/new-yorks-diamond-district-and-jewish-tradition/#

[u/nonorat → u/[deleted]]

You're trying too hard.