As a student of geology, and having taken classes taught by professor who have made synthetic diamonds, I can quite assuredly tell you, that synthetic diamonds are no where near being called. fake. These diamonds are grown in laboratories using a molten carbon solution, to create the tetrahedral structure that gives diamonds their shape and their strength, at a lower cost than what mined diamonds would cost. Mined diamonds generally come out of Africa, through the De Beers monopoly, a known price fixer, and buyer of blood diamonds. By buying synthetic diamonds, not only are you saving money, but you are showing your support in the fight against blood diamonds. By buying regular diamonds, you could very well be buying a diamond someone got killed for.
Other Titles:
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend: A Tale of Money, Fire, and Blood.
Bling Bang: Blood Diamonds, Synthetic Diamonds, and You.
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You definitelyy show that you are credible to talk on this subject, but maybe say why us as BYU students would want to know this. When buying an engagement ring should we make sure to not buy synthetic diamonds? Tell us specifically what you want us to do as being a student here at BYU why should we pay attention to what you are saying? Very interesting topic though, I had no idea!
You are very knowledgeable about your topic and the only problem I saw with it was what foxy said before just relate it more to byu students.
Wow, you really convince the reader that you know what you're talking about! I like the "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" title.
You set up your ethos quite well. Taking geology classes does increase your knowledge of minerals. But maybe you need to work on your Kairos, why should BYU students care. I know that you know that they do, just mention it in your paragraph. But I like the title you chose.
You set up your kairos up very well and it was a very interesting and enlightening piece. On that note I would say that you may want to strengthen your ethos by saying where you got or how you became well versed on the African conflicts dealing with blood diamonds.
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