12 month ago
nelson : Diamond heist - Fun article about diamond thieves
Andy Baio : Wired's untold story of the world's largest diamond heist - after six years in prison, the mastermind told Joshua Davis his story for the first time
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32 month ago
deusx : YouTube - Will a Diamond Engagement Ring Blend? - "In a match up between a diamond and a blender which contender would come out on top?"
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41 month ago
jimray : Laboratory "grown" diamonds come to market - Die, DeBeers fuckers, die
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jimray : "Diamonds. She'll pretty much have to." - Rad
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46 month ago
jimray : Diamonds Suck! A Personal Essay on the Virtues of Moissanite & Why You Should NEVER Buy a Diamond - Not sure about the whole moissanite thing, but this is a pretty good "diamonds are evil" rant
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49 month ago
jimray : Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? - "An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign" Sadly, this was writting almost 25 years ago. Good to see some early work from Edward Jay Epstein, though.
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51 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : why not to buy diamonds
jimray : Ten reasons why you should never accept a diamond ring - I fucking hate DeBeers
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59 month ago
deusx : New Technique Could Make 300-Carat Diamonds - Yahoo! News - "Researchers have developed a new technique for making very large diamonds of high quality that could soon boost optics technology and gaudily adorn fingers of the wealthy with sparkling rocks up to an inch wide."
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