I cannot say for cetain, but I can repeat what I read in a similar article in Wired magazine from some time back (I am sure you are all familiar with it by now). From the description in Wired of Apollo''s process, it sounds as though they are able to create gem quality diamonds in the most common sizes. The diamonds are supposed to turn out perfectly flawless and perfectly colorless. Where this is the case or not, I am not certain. Some have questioned the facts in the Wired article (from a biased standpoint or not).
Regarding color, are you sure that you are thinking of Apollo and not Gemesis? Gemesis is know for thier colored diamonds. They process they use is not favorable to colorless stones. Apollo on the other hand uses a new, and entirely different technique.
no way i would ever buy a man make one at only 30% less or for that matter even at 60% less......Ain''t nothing like the real thing baby,ain''t nothing like the real thing.
yeah,for 7k i can buy 3/4 lb worth of interlaps from Wink.Date: 2/9/2005 9:33:20 PM
Author: Mara
haha I tend to agree with you VT...and it has nothing to do with DB and their marketing..I just prefer the real thing, like a real LV bag.
but it was funny, a year ago or so when that Wired article came out...there was a poll on here (maybe I started it?) about real vs Gemesis and it was pretty much split down the middle!
i was surprised at those results, because no way would i pay 10-30% less for a faketyfakefake...I don''t care if its technically the real thing, I want my diamond to be mined from the earth!! for whatever reason the mental picture of forking out 7k for a lab-grown diamond by geekylabstudent vs 10k for a real one where there was actually some work involved to get to it....to me growing the diamond in the lab isn''t worth 7k!
rationale is a beautiful, beautiful thing!!
Funny, I feel the opposite. I am in my late 20''s and many people my age feel the same about these new synthetics. I did an informal poll of my peers at home and at work an they seem to think the same thing. Given the question "Would you by a synthetic diamond if it were the real thing and nothing separates it from a mined diamond", nearly all answered yes. I didn''t even make a statement about price. As the Wired article noted in its more formal poll, people my age find the tech, um, cool! I must agree. HPHT does not interest me that much. However, the chemical vapor deposition process that Apollo uses does interest me. Maybe it is just the relation between the jewel diamond and the semi-conductor diamond that I find so interesting. I am a techie afterall.
now tell your peers the cost of these synthetics is only 30% less than the real diamonds,then you might get a different answer.Date: 2/10/2005 11:111 AM
Author: peptidbond
Funny, I feel the opposite. I am in my late 20''s and many people my age feel the same about these new synthetics. I did an informal poll of my peers at home and at work an they seem to think the same thing. Given the question ''Would you by a synthetic diamond if it were the real thing and nothing separates it from a mined diamond'', nearly all answered yes. I didn''t even make a statement about price. As the Wired article noted in its more formal poll, people my age find the tech, um, cool! I must agree. HPHT does not interest me that much. However, the chemical vapor deposition process that Apollo uses does interest me. Maybe it is just the relation between the jewel diamond and the semi-conductor diamond that I find so interesting. I am a techie afterall.
Plus, I really hate monopolies. DeBeers, and the fact that no one has really acted on their monopoly, bothers me to know end. The way they behave towards the market and new, developing companies (i.e. the new Canadian miners) is just disgusting.
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