I am considering purchasing my wife a new ring that has roughly 3 carats made of synthetic diamonds. I was wondering if the synthetic diamonds would end up having a resale value comparable to that of a natural diamond or would a jeweler be able to determine that it is a synthetic diamond?
Actually, what are synthetic diamonds used for? It not a real diamonds, but why this synthetic diamonds created?
After watching the movie "Blood Diamond" and doing a lot of research, my girlfriend and I are ethically opposed to the purchase of mined diamonds. We are in disdain of the following: 1) Death and carnage of innocent Africans in the conflict diamond trade. 2) The greedy, monopolistic practices of the DeBeers diamond cartel. 3) [...]