Diamonds are not forever.
GRAPHITE is forever. Unfortunately, women like shiny expensive things...
"Lab diamonds"? If the diamond mafia can get the "fake" meme in there, the allure of "real" diamonds will not diminish. But the science applications will gladly accept them. And there are plenty applications to drive demand.
But, I wonder how much the processing itself costs. There are some substrates that are tens of thousands of dollars per gram. Then again, this is something that hordes of researchers would gladly help find a way to scale up cost effectively.
But, I wonder how much the processing itself costs.
''CVD diamonds cost well over one hundred dollars a carat to produce,'' according to info in this link: Link
What's the graphite analogy ? .. not understanding you. Diamonds come from carbon, no?