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    Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody

    Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them

    This is What a Ransacked Diamond Vault Looks Like After The Heist of the Century

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/10/09

    In reply to Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody
    Yes, Jason you'd really want to know.


    You drop enough money on ice and you care BIG TIME.

     Reply
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    Image of Jeff_McAwes0me Jeff_McAwes0me
    04/10/09

    In reply to Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody
    You want an easier way to test if it is a diamond? Try a hammer. If it breaks, it wasn't a diamond.
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    Image of stunmonkey stunmonkey
    04/10/09

    @Jeff_McAwes0me:


    If it was a diamond it will still break. >REALLY< bad way to try to test a diamond. A lot of good ones have been smashed to dust through just such assumptions.

    They may be hard, but they are crystals and will split along cleavage planes just like any other.

    How do you think they get faceted anyway?

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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    04/10/09

    @stunmonkey: I was under the impression they used The Force to facet diamonds.
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    Image of kmpu-tah kmpu-tah
    04/09/09

    In reply to Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody
    But can it tell if its a blood diamond or not?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/10/09

    @kmpu-tah: You need Leonardo DiCaprio for that.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    04/10/09

    @kmpu-tah: The secret ingredient is blood.
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    Image of 89macrunner 89macrunner
    04/09/09

    In reply to Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody
    tip:


    go to a reputable LOCAL jeweler with a good reputation.


    If they are a good jeweler, you will be able to take the diamond to another one and have to appraised.


    THAT is how you buy a diamond.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/10/09

    @89macrunner: I usually take more than one diamond from my local jewelers. My biggest problem is ditching the get-a-way car.
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    Image of Setharchy Setharchy
    04/09/09

    In reply to Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody
    Diamonds are just sparkling rocks and it surprised me that the human race is still infatuated with stones that look pretty. "Ooooo look at that sparkly thing, it would look good with this shiny ring of metal. Of course I'll marry you if I can have this shiny pretty thing."
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/10/09

    @tridtaei: Well, to be more correct, about half the population is infatuated with stones that look pretty. The other almost half is infatuated with the first half, and does what it must to get into their pants.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    04/10/09

    @tridtaei: Let me guess, you're a PC. :)
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    04/10/09

    @BuildABearGroupMember_GitEmSte...: exactly!
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    Someone gaffito-tagged your ice, baby.
     Reply
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    Image of Worf Worf
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    Yeah, diamonds are actually quite plentiful, and the resale market being worth zip is correct.


    The only reason people pay so much for diamonds is because of DeBeers... if you want a case study on a global monopoly, there you go.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/25/09

    @Worf:
    It's not the diamonds that they have a global monopoly on. It's the people who are qualified to shape them. Or at least that's the way I hear it. Having a diamond mine is damn near worthless in terms of the jewelry market if you can't get it cut right.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    Sweet! Now we can get a photo of grandma on the diamond we had made from her ashes!


    [www.lifegem.com]

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/25/09

    @Barry99705:
    Actually...I was thinking that it actually made a certain amount of sense for that. That way you can keep track of who got turned into which diamond.
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    Image of wkm001 wkm001
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    If you want to ruin the resale value on a diamond, just try to sell it. It is so sad to find out what a ring is really worth.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    @wkm001: And even more sad is what people will BUY that ring for after you sell it so cheap, and a store marks it "vintage".
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    I personally am waiting for them to perfect the 2+ carat synthetic diamond. The future Mrs. GitEmSteveDave has a ~2 carat marquise in a Ti setting in exchange for agreeing to put up with my stupid ass.
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    Image of henhen henhen
    03/25/09

    @Porntipsguzzardo_GitEmSteveDav...:


    is it me or is this the second time ive seen you displaying your diamond ring thing? either you have the ring and no one cares...or you dont have the ring and no one cares. (or you have the ring after she threw it back in your face....thats why you keep bringing it up).


    anyway it is a nice design...i admit

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    @shalegac: I paid ~$65 for my Abyss replica. I think these are more expensive as they are tension rings and that takes a little more work.


    @henhen: Yeah, 2nd time I probably have brought it up. Great company either way. No, I don't have the ring and also currently no one cares about me as well. I fell in love with the design though, and really do hope they get the 2+ carat man made diamonds perfected. Last I checked 2 was the limit, and I don't think they were shaped to make a marquise.

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    Image of peter_kelowna peter_kelowna
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    A company in Canada has been laser etching serial numbers into diamonds for years (along with an image of a polar bear). Yep.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    @peter_kelowna: MANY companies etch serial numbers into diamonds. The ones with the polar bear are probably from a specific mine. Candia diamonds have a maple leaf.
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    Image of Mac the Tard Mac the Tard
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    & don't forget the fact that Diamonds are not special or valuable.

    Diamonds Have No Actual Value!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    @pabst: They don't? Not even in blood? I only purchase diamonds from areas of strife.
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    Image of Adam Reineke Adam Reineke
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    They say the only way you can see the etching it is with their viewer (invisible to the naked eye) and that they can remove it without hurting the diamond. I call shenanigans.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    @Adam Reineke: We have a call of Shenanigans! Everyone get your brooms while we investigate the claim from a dubious source.
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    Image of LazyPanda LazyPanda
    03/25/09

    In reply to Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
    By the time you're ready to throw this on the resale market synthetic diamonds will push the price almost all stones to near zero anyway.


    I'm just waiting for the day I can get my ugly mug etched on a 10 pounder.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/25/09

    @LazyPanda: I don't know about those synthetic diamonds. People pay a premium to get "certified" natural diamonds. Sure, those certificates are written with the blood of child laborers, but it's a small price.
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    Image of SneakerFiend SneakerFiend
    03/12/09

    In reply to This is What a Ransacked Diamond Vault Looks Like After The Heist of the Century
    This reminds me of the movie Bank Job which i saw i think it was last weekend.

    They did the same exact thing except they didnt have that much security to go through. They just had to dig under the dam vault.
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    03/12/09

    @SneakerFiend: I don't recall the vault in that movie being in a dam.
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