• Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    real talk I’d rather lab-grows or straight-up fugazis. Fuck do I care if I’m wearing ‘fake’ diamond for? The real thing costs too much blood for me to feel comfortable wearing; that’s settler shit.

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      1 year ago

      My wife’s engagement ring is Moissanite and she absolutely loves it - more brilliant than a “real” diamond, and a tiny fraction of the cost

      Status symbols are dumb to start with, but spending 10’s of thousands on a diamond ring that is functionally identical (or even inferior) to a lab diamond or Moissanite ring is completely idiotic

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        1 year ago

        Today was the first time I’m hearing of Moissanite as a standalone thing(my search queries were just ‘lab-grown diamond’ and ‘cultured diamond’), but definitely a good alternative, I’d say! The brilliance looks ridiculous in the shots I saw.