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Market for imperfect gemstones?
On Mar 1, 3:48*am, Jman wrote:
On Feb 27, 9:03*pm, "Don T" wrote: *http://www.original-diamonds.com/edu...e_diamonds.php *These are the browns that come from Australia. Several links on that page that I didn't explore but after several postings no-one seemed aware of the Australian browns and the marketing strategy which changed rather common and not so desirable brown stones into a good profit scheme. -- Don Thompson ...snip... Hmmmm, that is rather odd. *Some of the pricing structure of different vendors is waaay off the map, it seems. *I found a few of the 'raw diamonds' that I was looking for (locally) and they wanted an arm and part of a leg for them..... *I don't believe I'll be using them for a project in the very near future due to their present cost. *I think maybe I'll head on over the the Lapidary shop and pick up some different types of rock and stones to experiment with instead. *It's mind boggling how many stones, metals and rocks are available in those places now.... Cheers, /FC.... Hello Everyone, I just saw a topic on the Discovery Channel about the company in Fla. called Gemesis, which by the way has been producing manmade diamonds for a few years now, has found a way to produce a diamond that is 100 times harder then a natrual diamond. They can grow the new stone which is about five carats in six hours. These stones are going to be more suited for cutting tools and also electronic components, but it won't be long before manmade diamonds are able to compete in the market place. The company already grows a yellow diamond that is nondetectable from a real one. Diamond prices have been falling for about a year as Russia and Canada bring top quality stones into the market. It's only a mater of time before Debeers is going to lose it's monopoly on diamonds. Mark |
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