Originally Posted by 1HitWonder View Post
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Man-made (lab-grown) diamonds are identical to natural, earth-mined diamonds in their chemical, physical, and optical properties, but differ in their creation process, origin, cost, and value. Natural diamonds form over billions of years deep within the Earth's mantle, while lab-grown diamonds are created in a laboratory within weeks by scientifically replicating these conditions. While both are "real" diamonds, natural diamonds are rarer and hold greater long-term value and investment potential, whereas lab-grown diamonds offer an alternative at a lower cost.
I imagine that, in a fairly relatively short time, with further advancements in nuclear fusion (for seemingly endless energy), synthetic gold, etc., will be as cheaply available as unmarked synthetic diamonds. Everyone will have 'em, and, so, people will start to complain of, say, that sickening yellow stuff, and smelly silver, that has come to cover everything. Who the heck will bother with all of that shit, then? And, so, or why now? Ha.

P.S. Best way to end the wars isn't to further subjugate the poor, but, to make everyone "rich".


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Lab grown diamonds have taken over the real thing, and prices for lab grown have plummeted taking down the prices for naturals at the same time!

However, gold is an element, not something that may be created, alchemists be damned.

In The Twilight Zone episode, "The Rip Van Winkle Caper," a group of thieves hides their stolen gold in suspended animation for 100 years, only to awaken and discover that gold is now worthless because it has been mass-produced, rendering their heist useless and teaching a lesson about the unknown nature of future value.