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well goody! Diamonds were never my favorite stone, and in recent years, i went totally off them--too many were blood diamonds, and de Beers marketing make all diamonds too expensive -and in that way contributed to the blood diamonds value.. I think i would like a synthetic manufactured diamond.. to hell with de Beers, and their cartel.
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that was a very interesting article alphabet-man! two things especially sparked me; the future of computer chip stuff(fast, fast, fast), and the thought that if they can get the word out about DeBeers machinations they might do very well in the jewelry market.
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I read that in WIRED -- very interesting. There's also a good article about a guy who is a high-tech hunter of ship wrecks and sunken treasure.
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>especially sparked me; the future of computer chip stufffast, fast, fast
Yeah, that was what grabbed me too. I also appreciated helen's post. I had never before thought about the fact that De Beer's monopolistic practices helped sutain the trade in blood diamonds. Thanks, helen.
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