willyhilly wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:04 pm It’s been a great scam and one if the best marketing campaigns in history. The book about Freud’s nephew in New York who created marketing is illuminating.

fatuousdrivel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:17 pmMost diamonds in engagement rings are of low quality. Get a top quality diamond and you’ll see the difference. It’s far superior to any other gemstone.

that genius wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:34 pm

fatuousdrivel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:17 pmMost diamonds in engagement rings are of low quality. Get a top quality diamond and you’ll see the difference. It’s far superior to any other gemstone.

Not true. A decent emerald or ruby is worth far more.

Take a walk along the Namibian coast, where electric fences and security guards threaten to shoot trespassers on sight...simply because you can pick up diamonds on the beach within the restricted area. Marketing scam by the usual suspects.

fatuousdrivel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:36 pm

that genius wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:34 pm

fatuousdrivel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:17 pmMost diamonds in engagement rings are of low quality. Get a top quality diamond and you’ll see the difference. It’s far superior to any other gemstone.

Not true. A decent emerald or ruby is worth far more.

Take a walk along the Namibian coast, where electric fences and security guards threaten to shoot trespassers on sight...simply because you can pick up diamonds on the beach within the restricted area. Marketing scam by the usual suspects.

Nothing scammy about it. It’s just clever marketing of a commodity.

You really are a glass half empty kinda guy eh.

Until recently, only emerald, ruby and sapphire were officially called precious gems. Everything else was called semi-precious. The precious categorization is a reference to value: a really fine ruby, emerald or sapphire can be priced higher per carat than a diamond. Sapphires are extremely hard and durable, so they will last a forever in a piece of jewelry, and rubies and emeralds are extremely rare. There are some rare finds among the so-called semi-precious gems that can be priced higher than the big three, but in general, a fine ruby, sapphire or emerald will hold its value and command more respect and a higher price than other gemstone. That is the reason Art Deco jewelry – heavy on the big three – is usually prized over other period jewelry. Top watch brands, mindful of this, use emerald, ruby and sapphire in their most important jewelry watches, as the big three below demonstrate – from Cartier , Backes & Strauss and Van Cleef & Arpels.

On a carat for carat basis, rubies are worth more than diamonds of similar size and weight. The reason that rubies are more expensive is the fact that it is much rarer for rubies to be found without faults than it is to find a flawless diamond.

Out of all gemstone rings, a Cornflower Blue Ceylon Sapphire is the master of all the gemstones currently. The demand for this amazing gemstone is increasing day by day and the supply is becoming limited. Coloured stones are not mined in large volumes like diamonds and prices are not controlled by anyone except for demand and supply.

Honey69 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:37 pm fatuousdrivel and that genius,
i hope you guys could get along. I like you both but now you are putting me in very hard place that i would need to choose sides. Kind of divorce happening that do i stay with mami or papi when i would like to stay with both of you.

Really hope you can solve your differences and we can live happily ever after and all the other good stuff.