Has Anyone Made an Artificial Diamond Ring?

Posted by Cliff on Monday June 6, 2005 @06:37AM from the grow-your-own dept.

DiamondRingThing asks: "I know that diamond engagement rings are a recent fabrication, and the two months salary required to obtain one is ridiculous. Diamonds are pretty however, and evil never keeps a good hacker down. I'd like to be able to give a diamond to my girlfriend that I know was forged just for her, without any blood on it, and without giving any money to DeBeers. That's why I won't buy an artificial diamond from a jeweler, as I suspect the cartel is involved at that level. Does anybody know anyone that has made their own diamond to set in a ring? How's the cost, and the quality? Thanks in advance."

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An interesting article at wired.com by waynegoode · 2005-06-06 06:43 · Score: 4, Interesting

I read an interesting article a few years ago at wired.com about the state of the "artificial diamond" industry. It is a bit long and from 2003, but it is very interesting.
From the article:

De Beers executive drove directly to Claridge's, and the two men sat down in the tearoom to the strains of a piano and violin duet. De Beers refuses to comment on the meeting--or about anything for this story--but Clarke says he simply placed his diamonds on the table. "When I told him that we planned to set up a factory to mass-produce these, he turned white," the General recalls.