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Lab grown diamonds are real diamonds. Stop making it seem like they’re less than. The only thing they do is save you some money and prevent slavery.
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Anonymous 9w

I don’t even like diamonds that much. There’s so many other cool stones out there!

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Anonymous 9w

My engagement ring is a lab diamond and I LOVE it, but people say to me way too often “it’s so much prettier than those ugly lab grown diamonds”

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Anonymous 9w

facts!!

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Anonymous 9w

Diamonds are falsely marked up even when taken from the earth. If you want a genuinely precious stone go with emerald or sapphire/ruby (sapphire and ruby are the same mineral, ruby is just the red only.) White sapphires are a good alt for diamonds and can also be lab grown. If you want a clear white stone and are looking for more sparkle than a diamond go with moissanite.

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Anonymous 9w

Retweet

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Anonymous 9w

Silver and a black stone bc he's an emo Twink, that's what I'm doing for our wedding ring.

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Anonymous 9w

Chemically yes. But it didn’t take them millions of years to form. Natural diamonds have the history behind them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

of slavery

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

Do you use a cellphone? Cobalt mines with the same condition. Do your car have a batter? Same conditions. Do you wear Nike or adidas or any other major clothes brand? Sweatshops.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

Cellphones and cars are a necessity for daily life, natural diamonds are not

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 9w

I’m completely on your side but cell phones and cars are not necessities for life, many people live without

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

this is 100% accurate, idk wtf people are talking abt 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 9w

Um yes they are? u need a car to drive to work (work= money, money= necessities), same for phones, they’re essential especially if you’re a young child or a woman. Now let’s say someone lived in an underdeveloped country like haiti (where i’m from) they wouldn’t need those things bc they’re on survival mode, americans are not.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

sybau and go dig them up then with no safety equipment on

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

Accurate, but also diamonds are falsely marked up and are therefore a lie especially if going back to the original purpose of an engagement/wedding ring: to provide the woman with an investment she could put to her future if the relationship didn’t work out and she was abandoned.

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 9w

(Moissanite is always lab created.) Emerald is overall the most likely to hold its value but that also depends on the grade of emerald vs sapphire and the color of the sapphire.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9w

It does depend on the grade. Lab diamonds are more prone to yellowing and clouding but it depends on the grade, with a good grade, proper care, and cleaning should leave it sparkling as it should.

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Anonymous 9w

what..?

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 9w

Forgot to mention moissanite is only found naturally in some meteorites and stardust, so the story of your marriage is literally written by the stars when you choose it for your ring. Some people will recognize it as lab made because of its super refractive ability so it might do better in a smaller setting or as an accent/halo stone to really set off your main stone. I’m personally partial to a main colored stone and a white halo or even better a ring that symbolizes something personal.

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 9w

Like a blue or yellow sapphire as a shooting star if you’re really leaning into the star motif with Moissanite accents trailing behind.

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 9w

Oh and unless you’re a person who wants to replace their ring/setting every few years don’t go with something below 7 in softness (amethyst - emerald are 7-8 respectively) sapphire is 9 & moissanite is 9.5, diamond is 10. If you don’t care, want to use a day ring & special ring, or want the excuse to upgrade, do what you like.

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 9w

If you want an opaque black spinel could work, but black moissanite is less likely to scratch. If you want any kind of refraction for the moissanite a grey would work better than true black.

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 9w

If you don’t want any refraction, true black moissanite will give you that but moissanite will work better than spinel for lasting, nothing shows scratches more than a really dark stone. If you’re looking for really dark aesthetic tungsten is awesome for rings & it’s gunmetal grey.

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 9w

are you a geology major?

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