Why would buy a lab-grown engagement ring?

Would you buy a man-made as an engagement ring?

  • Yes

    Votes: 42 65.6%

  • No

    Votes: 6 9.4%

  • I propose with a ring-pop

    Votes: 16 25.0%
  • Total voters
    64
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Would you buy one of these as an engagement ring?

http://www.diamondnexuslabs.com/product_info.php?cPath=63_65&products_id=815

Its a 1.03 carat diamond for $225.

Its the exact same as a natural diamond except its lab-grown and not mined. Even jewelers can't tell the different and even the Gemological Institute of America acknowledges that they are indeed diamonds.

So would you buy this instead of the $3000 alternative?
 
NO, personelly can't see any difference,but if your better half finds out it would be a life time of regretes
 
kosiosko 1 said:
NO, personelly can't see any difference,but if your better half finds out it would be a life time of regretes
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"What? You bought me a gemstone grown in a lab, rather than one dug out of the ground and sold as a blood diamond to fuel civil war and strife? I am disappointed in you!" :lol:
Yes, my significant other would be SO displeased. By all accounts synthetic diamonds are cheaper, larger, of a higher quality, and less morally questionable. Why would you ever want a natural one?
 
Fallen Angel Lord said:
jewelers can't tell the different...
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Yes, they can. There are a number of tests which can differentiate them, although you cannot do so visually with the better ones.

Fallen Angel Lord said:
jewelers and even the Gemological Institute of America acknowledges that they are indeed diamonds.
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No, they don't. Although the GIA did start grading and prominently marking them in 2007.

The report will provide a description of the synthetic stone, including color, clarity, carat weight and cut information when applicable, GIA said in a release. The report will be yellow and feature a different design than the GIA Diamond Grading Reports used for natural diamonds, so industry people and consumers alike will instantly be able to identify the diamond as synthetic.

GIA also said it would laser-inscribe the word "synthetic" and the GIA report number on the girdles of the synthetic diamonds it grades.
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Fallen Angel Lord said:
So would you buy this instead of the $3000 alternative?
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Nope. BTW, the better synthetic diamonds cost 1/4th the price of the real deal, not 1/10th.
 
Formaldehyde said:
Yes, they can. There are a number of tests which can differentiate them, although you cannot do so visually with the better ones that cost a lot more than $225.
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From what I was told by NOVA - The manufacturers add a dye so that it can be seen under a special light, but if they didn't add the dye it would be impossible.
 
My significant other would prefer it. Not because of the blood diamond thing, but because 'It's made in a lab? Coooool!'
 
IMO, the whole idea that "If you love me, you'll spend $5000 on a diamond ring with 18-carat gold" is utter B.S. Love is not about materialism. At least, I don't think it should be. A lot of people do, though. So yes, I would buy the synthetic one. I would rather not get a diamond ring at all though, and instead get something cool and unique like an Alexanderite ring, a gemstone that shifts in color.
 
Fallen Angel Lord said:
Would you buy one of these as an engagement ring?

http://www.diamondnexuslabs.com/product_info.php?cPath=63_65&products_id=815

Its a 1.03 carat diamond for $225.

Its the exact same as a natural diamond except its lab-grown and not mined. Even jewelers can't tell the different and even the Gemological Institute of America acknowledges that they are indeed diamonds.

So would you buy this instead of the $3000 alternative?
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Fallen Angel Lord said:
Its not just you. No one can tell, not even with a mass spectrometer.
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Formaldehyde said:
Yes, they can. There are a number of tests which can differentiate them, although you cannot do so visually with the better ones.

No, they don't. Although the GIA did start grading and prominently marking them in 2007.



Nope. BTW, the better synthetic diamonds cost 1/4th the price of the real deal, not 1/10th.
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Elta said:
From what I was told by NOVA - The manufacturers add a dye so that it can be seen under a special light, but if they didn't add the dye it would be impossible.
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OK, we need some sources here please.
 
Onionsoilder said:
IMO, the whole idea that "If you love me, you'll spend $5000 on a diamond ring with 18-carat gold" is utter B.S. Love is not about materialism. At least, I don't think it should be. A lot of people do, though. So yes, I would buy the synthetic one. I would rather not get a diamond ring at all though, and instead get something cool and unique like an Alexanderite ring, a gemstone that shifts in color.
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i agree:)
but found just remembering, birthdays/ specialdays and buying flowers dosn,t cut it
she makes her own clothes , a member of greenpeace, recyles, grows her own herbs, sometimes you just got to spend that dough and get opals ,her favorite, its one of lifes mysteries to me :crazyeye:
 
The whole "need to spend 2-3 months salary on a diamond engagement ring" is clever marketing by DeBeers. They have somehow been able to convince people that this is what everyone should do. Diamonds would be worth not much at all if DeBeers didn't have a monopoly over the diamond trade. Diamonds are not rare. The price is jacked up, by a lot.

The money would be better spent on a downpayment on a house or a honeymoon. I'm not naive enough to think that women won't think you're cheap if you throw this line of argument at them, but if they're intelligent and do the research, they will come to the same conclusion.

I have no idea what I'm doing when I get engaged. I am a bit of a guy who says "screw conformity" and does his own thing, but in the end the wishes of the woman need to be respected. Hopefully she's not going to make me go buy overpriced blood diamonds just so she can show it off to her friends and tell them what I spent on it. To hell with materialism - I want an intelligent wife.
 
I think I could. Imagine what kind of a rock I could get for 3,000 if I bought a lab grown one? I think the lady would forgive me once she actual an actual boulder on her finger.
 
kosiosko 1 said:
i agree:)
but found just remembering, birthdays/ specialdays and buying flowers dosn,t cut it
she makes her own clothes , a member of greenpeace, recyles, grows her own herbs, sometimes you just got to spend that dough and get opals ,her favorite, its one of lifes mysteries to me :crazyeye:
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I'm fine with spending money, I just don't see the point in blowing a few grand on a rock that serves no rational purpose. I would be happy to spend a grand or two on a nice weeklong vacation for an anniversary or something, though.
warpus said:
The money would be better spent on a downpayment on a house or a honeymoon.[...]To hell with materialism - I want an intelligent wife.
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:yup:
 
Check this:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/savinganddebt/p97816.asp

Even the Gemological Institute of America, the foremost diamond research and grading body, acknowledges that these are diamonds. "To say it's not diamond is really false," says William Boyajian, gemologist and GIA president. "It's just man-made diamond."
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No, you really can't tell. The GIA recognizes them as diamonds.


They are the exact same as mined flawless diamonds. There's no dye.
 
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