voidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agoDiamonds can now be created from scratch in the lab in just 15 minuteswww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down16cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkDiamonds can now be created from scratch in the lab in just 15 minuteswww.earth.comvoidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days ago companies have people convinced that the only diamonds that are worth it are mined from the earth by a real human slave Is this still the case? I feel like I’ve seen “conflict free” as a selling point for (presumably labgrown) diamonds.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoMe too. I’ve also heard synthetic gemstones can have colours and structures unlike anything that can form naturally. I want one of those, so that nobody would mistake it for a mined stone.
Is this still the case? I feel like I’ve seen “conflict free” as a selling point for (presumably labgrown) diamonds.
Me too. I’ve also heard synthetic gemstones can have colours and structures unlike anything that can form naturally. I want one of those, so that nobody would mistake it for a mined stone.