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    Has anyone in this thread ever been to africa? It's one of the most corrupt places in the world! They have problems that stem far beyond diamonds.
    Yes they certainly do .. lately worse than ever. I used to do an occasional 'road trip' to Jo'berg, but I haven't been back since the Zimbabwe craziness started a couple of years back (i.e. Mugabe kicked out white farmers).

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    Also, it should be pointed out that the value of diamonds is only high because the bigger diamond companies like DeBeers deliberately take tons of the mined diamonds off the market.

    And flawless diamonds can now be artificially created in a lab.

    None of that bodes well for what a diamond will worth long term.

    Also, the dead Africans, if you can be bothered to care.

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    You know, I read this whole thread before noticing it was from 3 years ago.
    Back to 2005 anyone?

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    ^^^ well, the commentary about 'blood diamonds' remains unchanged (and arguably worse in some areas of southern Africa).

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    If you want a flawless diamond without any blood on your hands, here are some links:

    http://www.apollodiamond.com/
    http://www.adiadiamonds.com/content/...y-information/
    http://www.chatham.com/
    http://www.gemesis.com/
    http://www.takaradiamonds.com/

    And an article about the new lab-created diamonds that can be indistinguishable from mined diamonds:

    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by thechaosfairy View Post
    If you want a flawless diamond without any blood on your hands, here are some links:

    http://www.apollodiamond.com/
    http://www.adiadiamonds.com/content/...y-information/
    http://www.chatham.com/
    http://www.gemesis.com/
    http://www.takaradiamonds.com/

    And an article about the new lab-created diamonds that can be indistinguishable from mined diamonds:

    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html
    Thanks for the links!

    For the record...all the man made diamonds I've seen, glow in blacklights. It's really bizarre.
    I believe you Dottie and you have my support

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    Apparently a fair number of mined ones do, too (http://diamonds.pricescope.com/fluor.asp) but I wouldn't be surprised if the lab process came out with a higher percentage.
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    Oh, and the reputedly cursed Hope Diamond glows BRIGHT RED!

    http://www.geotimes.org/jan08/articl...tra011108.html
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    ^ oooh...creepy. Interesting to find out though, I think I saw it when I was like 7 at the Smithsonian.

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