alt Hacker NewsIt’s kind of surprising that diamonds still have appeal as jewelry at all given the rise of lab-grown. I always assumed that people liked them because they were rare and expensive.
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yayitswei • today at 3:18 PM
Expensive because they were perceived as rare. Classic article: https://priceonomics.com/diamonds-are-bullshit/
Synthetic has pretty much eaten their lunch now.
People liked them because they’re colorless, sparkly, and hard.