[bedolido]

Yellow diamonds manufactured by Gemesis, the first company to market gem-quality synthetic stones. The largest grow to 3 carats.

[mewzilla]

Wonder how these dealies compare with moissanite?

[Sloth]

But evolutionists have suggested it would require millions of years to reproduce the precise set of circumstances.

What a stupid thing for this article to say.

[norraad]

I wonder what's holding up synthetic crude?

[NorthGA]

WND may have pulled this article from the current WIRED magazine. It was a really interesting article. One of the two technologies used to produce these diamonds is being developed by the guy who really bought gallium arsenide chips to market 10 or so years ago.

The plan is to sell gem quality diamonds (produced for a few dollars each) at about half price to DeBeers diamonds current price, so they can raise money for the chip building use. The article said that Intel had no current interest, as they have spent so much on silicon. A lot of money and business could swing on this new technology.

[balrog666]

The diamonds are flawless and can fool even the most expert of gemologists.

Fool?? What does this idiot author mean by "fool"?

What an assinine statement. Diamonds are diamonds; I'll take cheap flawless ones over expensive flawed ones any day of the week.

[Roscoe]

"Then there's Bryant Linares, president of Apollo Diamond, a Boston company that uses a chemical vapor process to grow a single-crystal diamond. The price per carat? $5."

http://www.nypost.com/business/2612.htm

[etcetera]

This is great news! Diamonds are Death. As long as diamonds retain their value, there will be a black market for it. And that means suffering and death in Africa.

De Beers maintains the high price of diamonds artificially by restricting availability, and their certification program does nothing to eradicate the black market or to ameliorate the suffering the black market causes.

Diamonds must lose their value.

[Sicon]

So now what will women expect from men? I mean, despite what they may claim, it is the extreme expense of diamonds that make women want them so much (yeah, they're pretty, but that isn't why most women want a big diamond). If they can be gotten cheaply, then they're really not much of an indication of how much the man cares for them, now are they?

So, I wonder what will replace the diamond as the ultimate token of devotion?

[r9etb]

This sudden arrival of mass-produced gems threatens to alter the public's perception of diamonds – and to transform the $7 billion industry.

Diamonds: aluminum for the 21st Century?

[COUNTrecount]

Kobe Bryant must be very saddened by this information.

[Bernard Marx]

If you want facts, not fantasy, check out this link to the top jewelry/diamond publication in the U.S.:

http://www.jckgroup.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA317139&industry=Gemstones+and+Pearls&industryid=704&webzine=jck&publication=jck

This is the third thread on this subject I'm aware of, by the way.

[Quix]

OK already yet.

I want a cobalt blue one as a free sample.

Have never liked plain diamonds that much.

[xp38]

I saw a documentary years ago on how Debeers controls the diamond market. In it it said General Electric perfected a technique like this and Debeers somehow paid them off. The diamond market has continued. The amount of control Debeers has has slipped but it's still there. Diamonds aren't rare but Debeers has done a wonderful job making the public think they are. I suppose cubic zirconia can be differentiated from diamonds but I think most lay people couldn't tell the difference on first glance. These "real" diamonds should be fun to have soon if this pans out.

[Porterville]

America grabs another industry... let China manufacture styraphome cups.

[HamiltonJay]

Technology puts an end to the endless african civil wars and cruelty... film at 11.

[narby]

But evolutionists have suggested it would require millions of years to reproduce the precise set of circumstances.

This is why I stopped reading WND.

[boris]

"Diamond is not only the hardest substance known, it also has the highest thermal conductivity."

Higher than gold? Surprising if true, which I doubt.

--Boris

[null and void]

I'd think they at least anneal out the nitrogen caused yellowing. Probably wouldn't hurt to add some boron to the feedstocks to make 'em bluer, too.

[BraveMan]

Heads-up . . .

[Fishing-guy]

I guess now is not the time to invest in diamonds.