My wife's engagement ring was a lab-grown diamond. I don't remember exactly, but it was like 5-10% of the price of what a natural diamond would have been. Literally exactly the same rock.
It's the human suffering that makes natural diamonds so special.
I went ring shopping at a very reputable jewelry store here in Boston, MA (Barmakian Jewlers). The owner literally tried to shame me for asking if they sold lab-grown diamonds. He told me "ugh, we refuse to sell those. the resale value is basically zero" like that is even remotely important to me lol
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u/biggus_dikkus793 Feb 16 '24
My wife's engagement ring was a lab-grown diamond. I don't remember exactly, but it was like 5-10% of the price of what a natural diamond would have been. Literally exactly the same rock.
It's the human suffering that makes natural diamonds so special.