Why buy her a diamond? I had that printed on a tshirt once. I was selling rubies and was the only one in the show not selling diamonds. It was hilarious. I gave away 100 shirts and people were wearing them everywhere. Obviously, I was hated by the other dealers.

And burned their ships on the beach. You always need something to go back to. Even Cortez took 2 companies of his best troops and assigned them to protection of tje ships carpenter.

Only in comparison to #2 pencils. And maybe not even then. I suspect many households have more diamonds than pencils. If you want something both spectacular and rare, try a Paraiba tourmaline. Even flux grown gemstones are far rarer than diamond. Why support DeBeers? And if shes not going to live forever, why buy her a diamond?

Witchcraft is easy to prove. Hold them underwater for 5 minutes and if they live, they are witches.

We show no evidence of learning from mistakes. Every president since eisenhower has been worse than the last one.

Fuck Trump and fuck Clinton and fuck Obama and fuck everyone who voted for any of them. This shit, like the continuing downfall we have seen for 30 years is your fault. You vote for assholes because you "dont want to throw your vote away", and ensure that it keeps getting worse. Use your brain next time instead of following the party line.

I didnt and woundnt vote for clinton. Learn to read.

Fuck Trump and fuck Clinton and fuck anyone who voted for either one of them. This is your fault as much as theirs.

Growing a crystal in a lab does not provide all identical crystals. Each one has unique lattice dislocations and flaws. Just as a natural crystal has. I grew crystals for 10 years and even in PID controlled reaction vessel, inside a sealed pressurized inert atmosphere, You can see the flaws that co-incide with the day it rained outside. The relative humidity changes. The thermal conductivity of the air changes. The heating or cooling load on the PID loop changes. There are so many millions of variables that it is not possible to perfectly control it. It is not a manufacturing process. It is simply providing the correct environment for the crystal to grow in. At the time I was doing this, I was growing ruby crystals for sale to the jewelry industry and heard all the same BS from the sellers of "natural" ruby, which is about as natural as processed cheese food. In the one diamond centered trade show I did, I gave away T-shirts that said "If she's not going to live forever, why buy her a diamond?" I was the most hated guy in the show. People were wearing them everywhere, and walking miles to get one of them.