I've been running a lab-grown diamond company since 2005. I'd be happy to answer any questions in the morning.
What is the profit margin? It seems very large.
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#32The fact that there is so much concern over how to differentiate mined diamonds from grown diamonds seems like insanity to me. I understand that the diamond trade has a vested interest in differentiating, but why would end consumer care? They're the exact same product to the unaided eye. This is a purely emotional response. I guess the thing that bothers me the most is that it's a misguided emotional response -- it seems clear that it would reduce human and environmental suffering to purchase the grown diamonds.
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#33I've been running a lab-grown diamond company since 2005. I'd be happy to answer any questions in the morning.
Who makes the machines that grows diamonds?
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#34The fact that there is so much concern over how to differentiate mined diamonds from grown diamonds seems like insanity to me. I understand that the diamond trade has a vested interest in differentiating, but why would end consumer care? They're the exact same product to the unaided eye. This is a purely emotional response. I guess the thing that bothers me the most is that it's a misguided emotional response -- it s…
In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep owning a "real" animal was considered a status symbol, since most "real" species had died from radiation poisoning. The poor and middle class could, of course, only afford the synthetic animals.
Obviously this isn't exactly like that, but I imagine there will still be a market for mined diamonds and they'd be priced accordingly.
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#35It's funny to see this pop up now. I've spent the past few days researching my big experiment project for next year: an open design CVD reactor for artificial diamonds.
I don't intend to commercialize it at all, but if I can 1) learn a lot, 2) make an open design that others can build on, and 3) (the long shot) make small diamonds for my wedding ring at the end of the year, I'll be a happy man.
If anyone is interested in working on this (particularly if you have experience designing systems dealing with pressurized gasses), my email is in my profile.
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#36I've been running a lab-grown diamond company since 2005. I'd be happy to answer any questions in the morning.
Are lab grown diamonds used much for industrial applications such as cutting heads and blades?
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#37This is wonderful! I can't comprehend the need to mine for diamonds any longer. Such a dangerous, dirty, damaging practice. It is sad to see that the industry is trying to paint these as inferior. I would love to see some sort of tariff or sanction placed on mined diamonds to make them restrictively expensive. There is simply no need for them any longer.
There already is, it's called De Beers. It's exactly because of the artificially inflated price that the mining practices are damaging.
Once I learnt more about De Beers, I'm wondering if there is any other product that one could pull of such stunt and make themselves billionaires?
Step one - find a rare mineral that at this point has value close to zero. It is rare but worthless.
Step two - obtain monopoly on mining it or control it as much as you can (buy spots with dense occurrence, etc)
Step three - throw money at important and powerful people (such as Spielberg, so that in his new movie today's Marilyn Monroe is wearing your ore as a form of very high luxury) other media stars, politicians etc.
Step four - continue with excellent PR until enough wives or soon-to-be wives come to their soon-to-be husbands and request them to update their luxury status by buying your ore.
Step five - collect trillions of dollars across the globe, by tightly controlling your ore and its harvest.
Edit: step six - rinse and repeat for 50 years getting yourself even wealthier.
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#38I've been running a lab-grown diamond company since 2005. I'd be happy to answer any questions in the morning.
do you sell online?
Can a non specialist jeweller tell the difference?
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#40It's funny to see this pop up now. I've spent the past few days researching my big experiment project for next year: an open design CVD reactor for artificial diamonds. I don't intend to commercialize it at all, but if I can 1) learn a lot, 2) make an open design that others can build on, and 3) (the long shot) make small diamonds for my wedding ring at the end of the year, I'll be a happy man. If anyone is intereste…
I would love to get into hacking/tinkering based on processes like MBE/CVD etc. Does anyone know where to get started in terms of reading, what are the options for a hobbyist?