Today's Special Value

[Angelmanmom]

Anyone willing to pay so much for lab created diamonds I say go for it!  I've been reading more today about the lab created stones.  First, they take an incredible amount of energy to produce (read enough to run a home for a month).  Secondly, they have an odd radiance that can be detected by a specialist.  Thirdly, I read there is basically NO resell market for any of these stones, graded or not.

I have many diamonds and know I can resell them, albeit not for retail or profit.  I've traded them in at jewelry stores and jewelry shows.  I feel like my dollars should go to something I can sell like real gold and silver and diamonds.  They're asking big dollars for the TSV.  I just checked and the emerald 3 carat earrings are on waitlist so someone's buying!

Hope everyone's having a good day 'cause it's Friday

[Catch71]

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@PamfromCT wrote:

Such an easy pass for me.

First, I have better ways to spend money.  Second, I have the unfortunate habit of losing earrings.  I have earrings that I don’t wear out of the house because of this.  I am one of those people who wears a mask to protect myself, as I am old and have a pre-existing condition.  Taking a mask on and off may have contributed to this.

So I bought the JAI white topaz studs to wear outside the house.  And a few pairs of the big D, along with other much lesser cost stones in earrings, pretty no less.  Works for me!

Fortunately, I have never lost a ring!

I certainly get lwhat you are saying,  I lost a couple of earrings while I was wearing a mask.  The Jai White Topaz are very nice.

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[SilleeMee]

@Catch71 

I really like lab-grown gemstones b/c you can get nearly perfect stones. I just wish someone would lab create Tanzanite! No one has done it yet that I know of.

[PhillyGirl23]

 Didn't think that they looked particularly sparkly! There should be more shine.

[SilleeMee]

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@PhillyGirl23 wrote:

 Didn't think that they looked particularly sparkly! There should be more shine.

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@PhillyGirl23 

On camera some things that are really sparkly don't come across that way b/c they are almost too sparkly for the camera to see that. If you ever get a chance to go inside a jewelry store where they sell lab diamonds you'll see the difference compared with natural diamonds sold at similar prices. Lab diamonds are very sparkly in person.

[chrystaltree]

Pass. If I buy diamonds, I want real, mined from the Earth diamonds. I'm ok with buying real diamonds I can afford.  At this stage of my life, I have enough diamonds.

[Effie54]

I thought they were pretty....but seeing them in person is a different story. They're too much for my budget. So pass on spending that amount of money. 

[straitgirl]

Pass. I have plenty of 14k real diamonds that were much cheaper.