as prices come crashing down
The problem is that diamonds can now made in the laboratory.
Diamonds are woven through the tapestry of human history. The ancient Greeks were enthralled by their remarkable hardness. The Koh-i-Noor alone has been at the centre of invasions, murder, superstition and larceny. Millions of marriages have been launched using diamonds as the symbol of their everlasting lustre.
So the idea that diamonds might somehow lose their value seems unnatural. And yet prices are falling fast and show no signs of stopping. Natural diamonds cost 26% less in shops than two years ago, a drop during a time of high inflation that would be extraordinary were it not dwarfed by the poor fortune of their identical twins, lab-grown diamonds, which are now 74% cheaper than in 2020.
Like when the first developed cultured pears for a time the natural diamonds will have a price advantage. But there is no difference between natural and synthetic diamonds. Except synthetic diamonds are purer carbon.
At making fake diamonds is not a problem. So the world is being flooded with diamonds. People already have expensive dollars in the safes. But some A the market price the dilemmas has fallen off the edge of a cliff.
And the process will continue pretty much for ever. Diamonds are hard and pretty. They are no longer prayer or hard to extract.
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