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I bought my wife a Canadian diamond by finding a dealer through Sirius Diamonds and there's another brand called Ekati... it worked out pretty well since she was born in Ontario(and for those of you brought up on US High School history, that's part of Canada)

You can read up on them, but they're mined up in the Northwest Territories and are only cut/sold as ideal cuts, high clarity, light color -- all that good stuff. I didn't break the bank either, (although I admit I didn't buy into that DeBeer's 2 months wages propaganda). They sent it across the border in a fedex envelope labeled "Carbon Sample" in order to null out any customs fees. Go canucks!

To sum up: my wife loves it, they're guilt free, and they put a neat little polar bear laser enscription into the girdle. oh yeah!

They are not artificial, but Sirius Diamonds of Canada is one source where you can stay away from DeBeers and other diamond cartels.

In Canada they market the diamonds mined here as polar diamonds with a laser etched polar bear on the girdle so you know it's rarer and more valueable.. they charge a premium for that. No cheap diamonds here.

http://www.siriusdiamonds.com/pages/home.html

If you're talking about this, then I guess ok. However, I read somewhere that DeBeer's bought out all of Canada's diamond mines. Does anybody have any information about this?

here

Sirius diamonds.

so get a polar bear diamond... sheesh...

If you're concerned about 3rd world slavery in your diamond purchase, then check out Polar Bear Diamonds.

Made in Canada, eh...

As silly as this sounds, it looks like this might actually be true.

http://www.siriusdiamonds.com/