A laboratory created ,man made or cultured diamonds are not called "DIAMONDS" only without any of the title adding to DIAMONDS.
2007-01-30 16:34:00 · 3 answers · asked by Divyesh shah 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
According to the definition of what a mineral is, a mineral occurs naturally as one of the criterion for the classification. However, laboratory created diamonds are more pure diamond than what a miner would find. It is very hard to distinguish b/w the two anyways. Will natural diamonds become more valuable? Yes, probably, b/c wealthy people will want the real thing.
2007-01-30 16:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The future of natural diamonds will remain as strong as ever. Throughout the recent history of precious stones there have been many scares caused by scientists creating equivalents in the laboratory, the first was when they first produced ruby in the late 1890's and again with Mikimoto creating cultured pearls. These scares have produced very minor fluctuations in the price of natural goods but at the end of the day the availability of synthetic stones has, in fact, had the reverse effect - it has hardened the price of natural gems. Human psychology is a strange thing but when there are two (nearly identical - there is ALWAYS a way to tell the two apart) things available we simply must have the one that is the rarest and the hardest to find. This will never change and the demand for natural stones will only ever go up.
2007-01-30 23:39:44 · answer #2 · answered by U.K.Export 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always heard that we've got tons of diamonds, it's just that a few people (debeers, was it?) have a very good control over the market. If that's true, they'll spin it all so they stay on top.
2007-01-30 17:05:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋