[diamondgeezer]

How much diamond does one human's worth of ashes make?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
How much diamond does one human's worth of ashes make?

One.   I dunno... not diamondify-ed anyone yet.

[Kazan]

rotfl

my first post depressing? i must be confusing you with our symantics

[aldo_14]

There was hint of a sigh in it.  Such is the medium of...er... text

[Liberator]

Kaz has anyone told you that you suck the air out of the room?

The fewer impurites in natural diamond are more desirable and thus more valuable.  Synthetic diamonds can be crunk out by the truckload and are thus less valuable.

Accept my congratulation as they are intended and stop trying to put meaning into peoples words that aren't there.

[Kazan]

Originally posted by Liberator
The imperfections are what give natural diamonds their character, synthetics are nice but they look like glass in most situations.

Originally posted by Liberator
The fewer impurites in natural diamond are more desirable and thus more valuable.  Synthetic diamonds can be crunk out by the truckload and are thus less valuable.

Until you learn not to contradict yourself stay out of my threads

Originally posted by Liberator
Accept my congratulation as they are intended and stop trying to put meaning into peoples words that aren't there.

you're ruining my thread with your cop out crap - you were wrong- admit it.


Also - MANUFACTURED DIAMONDS being cheap is the entire point - diamonds are not _rare_.  Even natural diamonds are not as rare as DaBeers makes them out to be.


Origionally blair wasn't even going to _get_ diamonds she was going to get saphire because normally she doens't llike diamond - just this particular ring she liked

[Flipside]

Well congrats Kaz, you can still be an atheist and indulge in a little symbology
Sharon likes Cubic Zircona, which is just fine by me

[Kazan]

hehe nice flip

[J3Vr6]

Hold on guys, I think I can pick up a chunk of glass off the street... Hmm.. Yeah, my girl will just LOVE this!

It's one thing to be price conscious, but another thing is forgetting that this ring will be the symbol of your unity for the rest of your life.

[Kazan]

J3Vr6: my girlfriend agrees with me about diamonds

[Nico]

Girls
Nothing better than a girl so I make a fool of myself, w/o any help from anybody else.
My latest feat: I have a crush for a pregnant girl, who asked me out a few years ago and I, thinking she was already with somebody else, turned her flat down.
Go me

[Liberator]

At least they talk to you, I can't even get a girl to look cross-eyed at me.

[Nico]

But everybody talks to me, there's something like a "I am your best friend" aura around me, so no big deal there.
And I tell you: that's a curse, when it comes to girls ( the one mentioned above is an exeption, I suppose ).

[Kazan]

Originally posted by Liberator
At least they talk to you, I can't even get a girl to look cross-eyed at me.

 No comment

[mikhael]

Originally posted by J3Vr6
It's one thing to be price conscious, but another thing is forgetting that this ring will be the symbol of your unity for the rest of your life.

Its not the diamond that is the symbol of your unity. Its the ring.

What do they teach these kids these days? There's a reason the diamond is almost always on the engagement ring, NOT the wedding ring.

As for diamond quality, my wife and I went with a cheaper diamond with a few impurities, but an excellent cut. It came out cheaper, larger, and more brilliant than any of the more expensive diamonds (which we couldn't really afford). The setting also really helped bring out the fire in it. Its gorgeous.

For what its worth, Kaz, my wife and I are with you on the DeBiers thing. You SHOULD avoid giving them your money, especially with respect to a ring of this nature. They're one of the most evil business consortiums on the planet.

[ZylonBane]

Ah, da beers...

[karajorma]

Originally posted by J3Vr6
It's one thing to be price conscious, but another thing is forgetting that this ring will be the symbol of your unity for the rest of your life.

The point your missing is that for the same price as a 1 carot clear natural diamond you can buy a 3 or 4 carot artificial coloured diamond which looks much more impressive. On top of that it isn't even fake. It's so similar to a natural diamond that it needs to be tested in a specially built device to tell the difference

[Shrike]

Pfft.  Diamonds are for the unoriginal.  Get something interesting, like, oh, tourmaline.

[Kazan]

some of the newer lab diamonds are only distinquishable because of the on their registration card is says "Lab made"

[Nuke]

congrats kaz, now start breeding so you can teach your kids c++ and finish ferium .

testing jewelry is one thing i actually liked doing during my brief pawn shop carear. the gold acid test was really fun to do. for testing diamonds we would simply induce an elecric shock, if it conducted, it was a diamond. purity we didnt care about because we only gave about a third of what it was worth.