Diamond Jewelry Journey
Q.What the heck is moissonite? Is that like Cylindric Dimacron? (Bob Newhart ref) Only you will know it is not a diamond? I think that DeBeers has done a fantastic job of convincing the world that every man needs to buy his future wife a large 2 month salary diamond or he will be deemed worthless and cheap. IMHO, the engagement ring is a symbol of your love, but some may think it is a symbol of your ability to drop 2 months salary on a stone. Everyone has thier own taste so if you want to have Moissonite, then have it! I think diamonds have only been the stone for engagement rings for the last 100 years or so..
A.Due to DeBeers' legendary marketing and control of the market supply, plentiful diamonds are priced beyond their worth. Emeralds, rubies are rarer than diamonds yet do not have price tag diamonds do. So, a diamond means an inflated price for a common commodity. Secondly, buying a diamond most likely means you are funding war in Africa. The DeBeers Diamond Cartel has funded military forays into Angola in the early and mid 1990s to force UNITA, the last anti-communist rebel movement in Africa into retreat. In 1998 President Clinton, heeding the demands of the Marxist ANC, DeBeers diamond cartel and the U.S. State Department, signed into law Executive Order 13098. This presidential decree, unknown and undebated in the U.S. Congress or by the American public, directed all U.S. agencies, including the Department of the Treasury, to seize all assets of UNITA leaders and to prevent the sale and importation of UNITA diamonds into the United States. The order also sought to subvert the ability of American individuals and companies to do business with UNITA. Many allied countries have rallied to UNITA's defense. While the Cold War may be perceived to be over in the West, it continues to rage in Africa. Uganda, South Sudan, the Rwandan Tutsis, the Zulus, Afrikaners and UNITA make up the Christian, anti-communist movement on the African continent. Zambia is a key player in the continued survival of UNITA. Diamonds mined by UNITA are smuggled into Zambia where they have no trouble gaining a stamp of approval by Zambia's Ministry of Mines. From Zambia, the diamonds can be shipped to the West for sale. However, DeBeers, which controls 70 percent of the world's diamond trade, has gotten Bill Clinton and the United Nations to work together in an effort to stop UNITA's diamond trade. So, regardless of what side you make take on this volatile issue, buying a diamond means you are no doubt funding war in Africa. No exactly the perception DeBeers would like you to have of diamonds nor is it the lovely analogy to marriage you would want either. I'll take a US manufactured synthetic diamond any day over an African diamond whose journey to the US may have come at a high cost of human lives.
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