Ever wondered why diamonds are so expensive?

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  1. Susan KaneSeptember 10, 2013 at 3:13 AM

    Yes, I have wondered. Then I saw a documentary on how slave labor and digging deep into the earth.

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  2. Elephant's ChildSeptember 10, 2013 at 5:21 AM

    Fortunately, diamonds are not one of my favourites in the gemnological world, so the expense doesn't matter.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2013 at 5:44 AM

    They are a little like mushrooms aren't they....grown in the dark.

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  4. ManzanitaSeptember 10, 2013 at 5:54 AM

    I don't know but I'm with Marilyn, "Diamonds are a girl's best friend." Square cut or pear shaped, these rocks don't lose their shape..... diamonds are a girl's best friend.

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  5. RiverSeptember 10, 2013 at 6:37 PM

    ha ha, this wasn't supposed to go up, I don't know how it happened...I have a draft in the works...

    Susan Kane; my coming article has nothing to do with slave labour, although I'm sure that still goes on. And shouldn't.

    Elephant's Child; I like them, but don't buy them. I have only one tiny diamond gifted to me by my mother for my 40th birthday. I almost need a microscope to see it.

    Delores; way down in the deepest dark.

    Manzanita; I like the baguette shape best and I don't believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. SUNSCREEN is a girl's best friend. diamonds are second best.

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  6. MimsieSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    I do like diamonds but of a simple cut...just wish I had more of them.

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  7. RiverSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    Mimsie; I'd like a few more too, but I'll probably never buy any, I just don't wear jewellery apart from my watch and the sleepers in my ears. I do have seasonal things, like all the brooches and earrings I wear at Christmas, but none of it is "real". What I'd really like is the money to be able to afford diamonds.

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