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The young man gets down on his knee. He draws out of his pocket, a small box. He opens it in front of his girlfriend. He asks her to marry him. He spent several hundred dollars on this ring. It was several weeks work. He still got her a gorgeous ring. Little did he know however. He could have saved a lot more money. Synthetic diamonds, once only a dream, have now become a reality. The usage of these diamonds in jewelry is doing less damage to their checkbook. Synthetic diamonds are superior to mined diamonds.
With many people, they automatically assume that synthetic diamonds are fake. They assume it is made out of plastic. Most people would be surprised to find out they are wrong. Recent advances have made it so that cut synthetic diamonds are impossible to distinguish from mined diamonds. Synthetic diamonds are grown in a solution of molten carbon. Then it’s pressurized in the same conditions found in volcanic forge that would naturally form diamonds. This process takes place in a machine the size of a washing machine. It can currently create diamonds up to 3 karats. It will eventually be able to create much larger diamonds too.
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The young man gets down on his knee, and draws out of his pocket, a small box. He opens it in front of his girlfriend, and asks her to marry him. He spent several hundred dollars on this ring, several weeks work, but he got her a gorgeous ring. Little did he know however, that thanks to modern technology, he could have saved a lot more money, buying a synthetic diamond, as opposed to the mined diamond. Synthetic diamonds, once only a dream, have now become a reality, and for many people, the usage of these diamonds in jewelry, is doing less damage to their checkbook. Synthetic diamonds are superior to mined diamonds, cost a significant amount less, and prevent such monopolies as De Beers, from controlling supply of available diamonds.
With many people, when you describe a synthetic diamond to them, they automatically assume that the diamond is fake. They assume it is made out of plastic, or some other higher supplied mineral. Most people would be surprised to find out, that recent advances in the technology of growing diamonds, has made it so that cut mined diamonds, and cut synthetic diamonds, are impossible to distinguish from one another. Synthetic diamonds are grown in a solution of molten carbon, and pressurized the same conditions found in volcanic forge that would naturally form diamonds. This process, which takes place in a machine the size of a washing machine, can currently create diamonds up to 3 karats, and will eventually be able to create much larger diamonds.
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