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Sep 11, 2024
9:36:13am
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Fun little rabbit hole I found with a BYU connection: lab-grown diamond history
Worksinprogress

Lab-grown diamonds - Works in Progress

Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and vastly cheaper than mined diamonds. Beating nature took decades of hard graft and millions of pounds of pressure.

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/lab-grown-diamonds/


Why is it not surprising that GE made millions off his work, yet only rewarded Dr. Hall with a 10% raise and a $10 gift card...

Oh, and if you want to start your own company, per Ars Technica you can buy some of the machines from Alibaba starting at $200,000: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/you-can-buy-a-diamond-making-machine-for-200000-on-alibaba/
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