I've always been insulted by De Beers commercials. Their whole objective is to try to persuade the viewer that diamond equates love. How stupid. De Beers has tons of diamonds in warehouses but controls the supply of diamonds in order to regulate their prices. Now, according to Wired Magasine, flawless gem-quality diamonds will soon be made available for $5 a carat. And in the future, Wired predicts, I'll be writing this blog using a computer that will be running on diamonds instead of silicon.
Wired 11.09: The New Diamond Age
Comments (4)
interesting article, but do these manufactured diamonds last as long as real ones? and if de beers has so many diamonds, why don't they start bringing them out now? if the industry is going to go down because of these manufactured ones, then de beers should start selling as much as they can before the bottom drops out on them. by the way, i think anything over a carat is a bit too big...
Posted by lisa | August 18, 2003 5:49 AM
Posted on August 18, 2003 05:49
Teddy! How are you!? Long time no talk! How is Davis? Tipped any cows yet?
Posted by marc | August 18, 2003 6:12 PM
Posted on August 18, 2003 18:12
Can anyone tell me where you can buy manufactured diamonds in South Florida??
Posted by Christie | September 21, 2003 5:25 PM
Posted on September 21, 2003 17:25
Do any of you know any sources for manufactured diamonds with weigts greater than 1 carat?
Posted by Bob Tardif | November 11, 2003 8:57 AM
Posted on November 11, 2003 08:57