[untenured]

I don’t know anything about this process, nor whether traditional diamond buyers will consider the product a good substitute for traditional mined diamonds.

But any non-coercive introduction of a substitute gives consumers another choice, and is therefore good.

[dinodino]

De Beers is deeply saddened...

[crusty old prospector]

My son says he is looking into buying one. Seems like he said it is 30% less.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

[LegendHasIt]

Well, I’d rather buy lab grown diamonds than Bill Gates’ lab grown ‘meat’.

[Nateman]

Diamonds can be carved with lasers. You can also deposit colors by adding key elements. What I am saying here is you could literally create custom pictures on its surface. Imagine a diamond ring with something like that!

[wastedyears]

All other jewelry and diamond makers will be stroking out with anger over this, since fake diamonds cost less than real ones.

Also gold diggers will be upset too.

[MuttTheHoople]

I know some COVID Karens that could produce a diamond if you stuck a lump of coal up their bum for three weeks.

[Spirit of Liberty]

What’s wrong with old-fashioned cubic zirconia?

[Captain Peter Blood]

Fine then I would expect a price drop of at least 85%.

[Fledermaus]

Diamonds made for industrial use have been around a long time

[Rebelbase]

Jewelry store mark up is insane. My son frequents a Gold/Silver coin shop in his hometown that has a gemologist on staff. Guys come in often looking to sell an engagement ring from a relationship that went bust and are shocked to find out their retail purchase is only worth 1/4 of what they paid for it.

[L.A.Justice]

Blofeld needed diamonds for the laser weapon...By the way, the song for the movie was good...