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Diamond versus diamond Even though man-made diamonds have the potential to satisfy our appetite for sparkle, they may never rock the mined-diamond industry

Even though man-made diamonds have the potential to satisfy our appetite for sparkle, they may never rock the mined-diamond industry

By Carolyn Gruske

June 08, 2021

Courtesy of De Beers Group

It was just a single word, but by deleting one adjective from a federal guideline, a U.S. government agency redefined an elemental form and forced a North American retail industry – and its customers – to come to a new understanding of one of its oldest and most traditional products, diamonds.

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