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Diamond Answer ManGirls Best Friend or Foe! Synthetic Diamond Engagement Rings – DAMS4E7Season 4 Episode 7 Girls Best Friend or Foe – synthetic diamonds. Worth is relative to how much you can sell something for. A house for example can generally be purchased and then resold fairly soon, for approximately the same selling price, all conditions same. However, try selling a knock off of a brand or […]2015-12-0616 min
Diamond Answer ManGirls Best Friend or Foe! Synthetic Diamond Engagement Rings – DAMS4E7 - Diamond Answer ManSeason 4 Episode 7
Girls Best Friend or Foe – synthetic diamonds.
Worth is relative to how much you can sell something for. A house for example can generally be purchased and then resold fairly soon, for approximately the same selling price, all conditions same. However, try selling a knock off of a brand or clone of any item and how much can you sell it for.
So what does this have to do with synthetics diamonds.
Synthetics
Pricing in 30 years what is your diamond worth
History
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Wow what a great show we have ahead!
Its not to often that I have guests on the show – I’m very very excited to welcome you to the Diamond Answer Man Show Season 4 Episode 5.
If you are in the market for a diamond – sit back and listen. We have Peter Yantzer the Executive Director of the American Gem Society Laboratories on the show today. This show is about 1 hour long.
Wow made what a putz I am! Dialed the number wrong the first time!!
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* Reuters reports
* Manufacturers who cut and polish diamonds have found themselves caught between giant mining companies charging high prices for rough stones, and big retail chains that demand gems at low margins to keep sales moving.
* "Have you ever heard of a 20-year-old standing outside a store all night to buy jewellery?" Ernest Blom, president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses, asked delegates at an industry conference at a Tel Aviv luxury hotel.
* No major deposits have been discovered in about two decades. The miners say they are investing heavily to keep supplies coming.
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O.K. So this is my second show after JCK Las Vegas and I’ve had some time to think and I’m Cranky!
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