Why aren diamonds manafactured synthetically able to compete in the market with diamonds mined from the ground?”
There are two views. The first is that you should buy artificial because they are perfect gems, and you should not enrich the diamond industry: Diamonds Are Foridiots Thursday, October 14th, 2004 in Rants by archangel [ del.icio.us ] So, if you didn’t already know, The DeBeers Company pretty much controls both supply and demand of diamonds to artificially inflate prices. And, they have nothing to do with beer. An article from The Straight Dope clears things up. Also, the next big threat is artificial diamonds, which are pretty much indistinguishable from the real thing, except they’re a little too perfect. Wired has a big article about that.      So, if you’re trying to get out of spending a fortune for a diamond ring, you have a lot of evidence that supporting the diamond industry is akin to supporting African poverty and blood feuds. And if that fails, you should soon be able to by a cheap, flawless diamond. Spend the rest on something the whole family can use, like g
