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Diamonds are plunging in value around the world. Is China to blame? (www.scmp.com)
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[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

That's not entirely correct. Because man made diamonds have a perfect cuboid structure that rarely occurs in nature, a diamond at the sizes man made diamonds are can be detected. Essentially they're too perfect at a molecular level. So there are labs that can determine the difference. Though, saying the difference is because man made is better isn't a great selling point.