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more about #diamonds strider_mt2k: Yes, Jason you'd really want to know. You drop enough money on ice and you care BIG TIME. more » Jeff_McAwes0me: You want an easier way to test if it is a diamond? Try a hammer. If it breaks, it wasn't a diamond. more » kmpu-tah: But can it tell if its a blood diamond or not? more » 89macrunner: 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 ... more » Setharchy: 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 spark... more » strider_mt2k: Someone gaffito-tagged your ice, baby. more » Worf: 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 beca... more » Barry99705: Sweet! Now we can get a photo of grandma on the diamond we had made from her ashes! [www.lifegem.com] more » wkm001: 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. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: 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... more » peter_kelowna: A company in Canada has been laser etching serial numbers into diamonds for years (along with an image of a polar bear). Yep. more » Mac the Tard: & don't forget the fact that Diamonds are not special or valuable. Diamonds Have No Actual Value! more » Adam Reineke: 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 dia... more » LazyPanda: 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 wai... more » SneakerFiend: 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... more » AppleAppleApple: they got to take home millions of dollars worth of diamonds, the least they could have done is cleaned up their mess a bit. more » Cordfucious of Tech Clan: If they would have left the room clean it would have been more elegant. To have that kind of savvy and leave the room looking like that screams amateur. more » fuchikoma: My first iPod touch worked for about 4 months and then the right quarter of the screen intermittently either went dead or so hypersensitive that it wo... more » frigg: Does that kind of modification void the warranty? more » Atheist Jew: Fucking decadence at it's worst. How many starving children would that wasted 2.5 million feed? If you're not going to feed the hungry or heal the sic... more » -
#diamonds
Diamond Detector Shows You Don't Trust Somebody
This $199 DiamondNite supposedly tells the difference between real diamonds and cubic zirconia, but if you're saddled with a fake diamond, do you really want to know? More » -
#stayclassy
Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
Have the urge to really ruin the resale value of a diamond? Here's one way—permanently embed a hi-res grayscale photograph of yourself in it. More » -
#crime
This is What a Ransacked Diamond Vault Looks Like After The Heist of the Century
My good friend Josh Davis has written another whopper of a story for Wired. This one is about the world's biggest diamond heist and how the thieves circumvented 10 layers of tech security. More » -
#iphone
World's Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million Dollars
$2.5 million. Two. Point. Five. Million. Dollars. That's what some idiot is going to pay for what could be the most expensive iPhone mod ever, the iPhone 3G "Kings Button". More » -
#diamonds
Materials Harder Than Diamond Formed In Asteroid Impacts and Volcanic Eruptions
Two materials, lonsdaleite and wurtzite, have just been recognized as being harder than diamonds. More » -
#diamonds
Artificial Diamonds Still Forever, Just Now Sparklier and Defect-Free
Artificial diamonds are forever, More » -
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#design
Aloisson iPhone Costs $176K, Your Dignity
As a rule, stuff that retails for $499 should not be embellished with 17.75 carats of diamonds, set in 18k white gold and then priced at $176,400. Nonetheless, Peter Aloisson has done exactly that to create the Aloisson designed iPhone. The treatment makes it the most expensive iPhone in the handset's relatively short history. That's great and all, but even if you do have more money than I have vacant aerial hair follicles, don't do it—save your dignity. Paris! Save your dig—hmm, that'd be a pointless plea. Catch another shot after the jump. More » -
#idiamond
World's Most Expensive iPod Shuffle Goes Under Hammer for Charity
Well, it seems there's unnecessary Swarovski bling, and then there's a $40,000 solid 18 karat white and pink gold iPod shuffle. With 430 diamonds, no less. Personally, I can't stand blinged-up gadgets, diamonds or no, but at least this one might do some good: the iDiamond is really going under the hammer at a charity auction in London. That's just the estimated price for this one-off we alerted you to before, by the way; it might go higher. [Yahoo news]
