Saw a story about a wedding ring where instead of a diamond the ring was jeweled with the couple's birth stones fit together into the shape of a heart, which honestly I think is WAY better and probably WAY cheaper too.

[–] cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What are birth stones?

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Birthstones are like the zodiac signs of geology. Each month gets assigned a gemstone.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

One of which is diamond, annoyingly enough.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

There's some religious history to them, but in general these days people are talking about the list of stones that American jewelers came up with in the early 20th century to try to sell more shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthstone?useskin=vector

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

As long as one the birth months isn't April.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Moissanite is chemically different to diamond (SiC vs C), has a different crystal structure, and is less hard. You can also get actual lab-grown diamond, but they are quite expensive. But you probabaly won't be able to tell the difference anyway.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Usually you can tell the difference. Lab grown diamond is pure while rock grown diamond is imperfect.

But you have to look at it under a magnifying glass to tell, and know what you’re looking for.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

It’s like 93% as hard but has better better optical properties which is what matters.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A strategy that has been working well for me is "Never buy jewelry of any kind ever because it's completely pointless."

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Don't hang around people who demand you consume in order to get their approval. They are empty people who will not support you.

[–] Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everything can be pointless when it comes down to it. I never ever wore jewelry but when I got married we got really nice matching plain bands and now I never take it off and quite like how it looks, it's not pointless to me.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

There will be no rings for me. I run too many power tools for that.