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Article #168: Imitation Diamonds - What's To Love About Faux Diamond Jewelry?

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Affordable: Once someone discovers fact cheap to produce and would be lower
imitation diamonds, it is inconceivable in price if it weren't for the global
why they would not want everlasting cartel. Its aim is to maintain a strong
elegance, saving thousands, or tens of monopoly position, an objective which it
thousands of dollars in the process, has successfully achieved for decades.
banking the difference. It is a fact In controlling the mined diamond market,
that jewelry lovers are not acting out of De Beers has exploited a relatively
charity when they buy diamond simple idea: put a stranglehold on
jewelry-endeavoring to make jewelers, production, hold inventory, and limit
mined diamond dealers, and the diamond distribution, thereby keeping prices
cartel richer than they already are. stratospheric, and making diamond
No way to tell the difference with the alternative engagement rings a popular
naked eye: Scientists have synthesized choice. What makes De Beers so special
and created diamond alternatives that are is its execution. Over the past 60 years
so ostensibly close to a mined diamonds the cartel has done for mined diamonds
that even certified gemologists require something that eluded the oil producers
scientific testing equipment to tell the of OPEC and even the cocaine barons of
difference. Breakthrough advances have the Medellin cartel. De Beers has the
made the latest faux diamonds closely muscle and the nerve to impose its own
mimic the properties of mined diamonds. order on the market and has built a
They cut glass, they refract light into dominate juggernaut syndicate.
perfect hearts-and-arrows, and they have No "slave" or child labor used: Diamond
superlative fire and brilliance. In fact, mining operations are rife with horrific
in almost all measurable variations, they conditions and have a long history of
match or are superior to mined diamonds. dehumanizing humiliating practices. Debt
No pricing gymnastics: A common practice slavery and child labor is common in
in retailing mined diamond jewelry is to diamond cutting operations in India,
use phantom prices and then show where much of the world's diamonds are
impressive discounts in an effort to lure cut and polished.
buyers. This practice is called phantom No conflict stones: It is no secret that
pricing. With lab-created diamonds this from the beginning of the modern mined
deception is not possible because the diamond industry in the 1800s through
prices are low to begin with, leaving no today that mined diamonds are used to
room to use phantom pricing. support regional wars, help fund murder
No reason to constantly police your on a grand scale, and contribute to
synthetic diamond jewelry: Do you genocide. Imitation diamonds are created
forever want worry that you will lose in a lab by technicians at a reasonably
expensive jewelry pieces, damage them, or low cost and, therefore, cannot possibly
have them stolen? Do you want to feel be used as a currency for human misery.
compelled to buy a home safe? When you Prestige: While there is no prestige in
travel, do you want to be burdened with overpaying, there is tremendous prestige
frequently thinking about the security of in enhancing your existing wardrobe with
your jewelry? With imitation diamonds beautiful man made diamonds on a budget.
all these concerns disappear. You can accessorize and glamorize till
No need to buy insurance: In a short your heart's content, with a smile on
time, what you'd pay in extra premiums to your face, showing you are a person of
insure just a few pieces of mined diamond stature at any occasion or event.
jewelry, you could fill your jewelry box Robert Joseph is an expert jeweler and
with synthetic diamonds. But that is not founding partner of Diamond Nexus Labs, a
the worst of it. Insurance is an ongoing renowned online jewelry store that
never-ending expense. specializes in pristine affordable
No secret mined diamond dirty tricks and diamond simulants set in Solid 14K Gold.
scams: All mined diamonds have flaws, Copyright © 2002-2005 Diamond Nexus
birthmarks, and vary in quality. These Labs. All Rights Reserved.
realities are a breeding ground for a Permission to reprint this article is
buffet mined diamond fraud that granted if the article is reproduced in
victimizes and robs consumers. From its entirety, without editing, including
grade bumping to laser drilling to the bio information. Please include a
fracture filling, the mined diamond hyperlink to when using this article in
industry is awash in unscrupulous newsletters or online.
business practices. Lab-created diamonds To receive a FREE comparison chart on how
are uniform, flawless, and priced low so Diamond Nexus Labs lab-created diamonds
frauds simply do not exist. stack up against mined diamonds and
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