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    1. 08-27-2011 03:49 PM #26
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      Quote Originally Posted by nina View Post
      Silly girls. What's so great about diamonds...I mean...as jewelry. I never understood it. I understand that they're incredibly hard and sparkly, but it seems their worth lies in clever marketing campaigns. I prefer colored gemstones like Larimar (looks like the ocean), Seraphinite (looks like angel wings), etc. But every girl I know is obsessed with diamonds.
      I agree, opals are awesome too.
      Just look at this

      Beats a diamond any day.

      Quote Originally Posted by Darkmatters View Post
      So, if we do discover a massive source for diamonds in space and manage to get them home, would their value as jewelry just evaporate? Isn't it largely due to their scarcity?
      The scarcity is false scarcity. The companies who mine them just stockpile them to create false inflation on the price.
      So if they were able to do it, the price would probably stay about the same. And they'd probably make up some bullshit like "it costs a lot to get them" or whatever.
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      Opals are like, a rave in rock form.
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      Quote Originally Posted by tommo View Post
      The scarcity is false scarcity. The companies who mine them just stockpile them to create false inflation on the price.
      So if they were able to do it, the price would probably stay about the same. And they'd probably make up some bullshit like "it costs a lot to get them" or whatever.
      [citation needed]
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      Quote Originally Posted by Spartiate View Post
      [citation needed]
      A Diamond Price Is Forever?
      Sources: Keller, Bill. "De Beers May Be Losing Grip on Diamond Market." New York Times, September 3, 1992: A1. "Is It a Crack or a Scratch?" The Economist, September 12, 1992: 76. "Cracks in the Diamond Trade." Business Week, March 2, 1998: 106. Voss, Bristol. "The Diamond Business Gets Rough." Journal of Business Strategy, July/August 1998: 36-43. "Diamond Market Leaves Dealers in Anxious State." Wall Street Journal, September 8, 1998. "De Beers Is It." The Economist, December 19, 1998: 89?90. "De Beers to Buy Diamonds from Canada's Ekati Mine." Wall Street Journal, March 5, 1999: A12.


      Russia Stockpiles Diamonds - Forbes.com

      PERSONAL BUSINESS - PERSONAL BUSINESS - A Diamond Stockpile That Is Not Forever - NYTimes.com
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