Diamond Purchase in Amsterdam

Mxsmanic wrote:

The ring itself is created by human hands, and the diamond is cut by
machines; why does the rock itself have to be dug out of the ground?



Using that criteria you could just give your love a mounted piece of
gravel...

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Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:

The ring itself is created by human hands, and the diamond is cut by
machines; why does the rock itself have to be dug out of the ground?



Using that criteria you could just give your love a mounted piece of
gravel...

--
Best
Greg

or graphite

Gregory Morrow writes:

Using that criteria you could just give your love a mounted piece of
gravel...

Yes. Is that a problem?

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Gregory Morrow writes:

Using that criteria you could just give your love a mounted piece of
gravel...

Yes. Is that a problem?


Nope. Actually I think a little mounted fossil (a trilobite perhaps) would
be cool...

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Best
Greg

wrote:

Sarah Banick wrote:

It surprises me that so many people are willing to pay big money for
inferior stones just because they came out of the ground, when better
stones can be produced synthetically and in large quantities at
unbeatably low prices.

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Hmmmm....could it possibly be because stones that have matured over
millennia through nature's process are a better metaphor for a life-long
marriage than a stone created quickly by human hand in a factory?


if you cant tell the difference, who cares ?
why pay loads of money and a 100%+ markup for a piece of carbon ?


100%? Surely that's an underestimation!

wrote:

Sarah Banick wrote:

It surprises me that so many people are willing to pay big money for
inferior stones just because they came out of the ground, when better
stones can be produced synthetically and in large quantities at
unbeatably low prices.

--

Hmmmm....could it possibly be because stones that have matured over
millennia through nature's process are a better metaphor for a life-long
marriage than a stone created quickly by human hand in a factory?


if you cant tell the difference, who cares ?
why pay loads of money and a 100%+ markup for a piece of carbon ?


100%? Surely that's an underestimation!

Mxsmanic wrote:
Sarah Banick writes:


Hmmmm....could it possibly be because stones that have matured over
millennia through nature's process are a better metaphor for a life-long
marriage than a stone created quickly by human hand in a factory?


The only difference is in the mind. Is that worth $6000 more?

The ring itself is created by human hands, and the diamond is cut by
machines; why does the rock itself have to be dug out of the ground?


Surely they are cut by human hands using machines...

emilia writes:

Surely they are cut by human hands using machines...

I confess that products such as gemstones and jewelry seem utterly
useless to me. I wouldn't be interested in them even if someone _paid
me_ to wear them.

Now the engineering applications of diamonds ... that's a different
story, and synthetic diamonds are going to change a lot of things. The
coolest thing is that we'll never run out of raw material for diamonds.

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nitram wrote:
On 29 May 2005 13:01:08 -0700, wrote:


Using that criteria you could just give your love a mounted piece of
gravel...

or graphite

or just mount your love?

after a plate of expensive Italian spaghetti ?

Hi,

well it's not amsterdam but it's a short train ride.

buy it in antwerp

to get info on antwerp (or paris or amsterdam) go to

http://www.jack-travel.com

Jack is out of the business now that he's retired but I'm sure he can
refer you to a reputable dealer.

ttyl

akia