I'd just like to note
Traditional sources of diamonds (aka "diamonds for suckers"):
Where my friend Jeff gets his diamonds (aka THE FUTURE):
That's pretty great. On a related note, if you didn't see it when it first ran, go check out Wired's article on artificial diamonds. Some of the entrepreneurs quoted in the piece were actually in hiding because they thought DeBeers might come and kill them. Awesome. Maybe that's why the scientists in the photo above are all either floating safely out of harm's way or have their heads ensconced in pressurized chambers.
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I was reading somewhere that De Beer's market share of warehoused diamonds has declined from 80%-ish to 40%-ish in the past fifteen-ish years. Sorry to be vague about that, but I can remember where I saw that. Suffice it to say that the global diamond cartel is not what it used to be.
Also, those Apollo diamonds are cool only if you can supply the carbon raw materials: "Beloved, here's an engagement ring made from Keith Richards' dad!"
"can't remember" obviously. *sigh*
I can only assume you're referring to LifeGem...