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The falling price of diamonds (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

You're reading the graph backwards. The lab diamonds have been cheaper for a long time. De Beers made diamonds a fashion statement so long ago that a lot of their marketing tricks are assumed to be just general lore.