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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 15h

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

Anonymous 14h

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”

Anonymous 15h

facts!!

Anonymous 11h

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.

Anonymous 14h

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Anonymous 4h

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

Anonymous 14h

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

#5 14h

of slavery

Anonymous

OP 14h

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

#5 14h

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

Anonymous

#3 13h

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

Anonymous

#3 12h

Hey uh… exploitation kinda isn’t okay regardless even if it fulfills a necessity for daily life.

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Anonymous

#5 11h

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

Anonymous

#6 11h

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.

Anonymous

#5 11h

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

Anonymous

#5 11h

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.

Anonymous

#10 11h

(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.

Anonymous

#4 11h

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

#7 10h

what..?

Anonymous

#10 8h

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.

Anonymous

#10 8h

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

Anonymous

#10 7h

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.

Anonymous

#11 49m

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.

Anonymous

#10 29m

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.