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man-made diamonds

Companies like the Diamond Foundry can manufacture a high-quality diamond in about two weeks. It takes the Earth about a billion years to do it the traditional way.

Diamond labs say theirs are forever too — even if they were made yesterday

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Are man-made diamonds more ethically responsible? The diamond industry would tell you to think again.Are man-made diamonds more ethically responsible? The diamond industry would tell you to think again.

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