killerqueen17
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2009
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I'm really torn in my search for an e-ring.
On one hand, I have always been sort of turned off to the whole diamond thing. I'm concerned about issues of justice in the diamond mining industry, where many miners are paid sub-poverty wages and subject to terrible working conditions. I don't really want another kind of gem, either. I don't really want a colored stone on my e-ring, and also other gems are mined under similar situations as diamonds.
So I've been looking at a lot of rings with a Celtic pattern, and no stone (palladium is my metal of choice). Sometimes I like them a lot, because the patterns are very pretty, and they compliment me and SO's heritage... but then sometimes I get worried that I'll regret choosing such a non-traditional style.
Suffice it to say that I don't really know what I want, and it's getting frustrating. To make matters more complicated, price is definitely an issue for me and my SO.
I have heard talk of fair trade diamonds... are there any current vendors who sell fair trade, or is this something that's still in development? Also, I did run across one vendor (Brilliant Earth) that specialized in Canadian diamonds, which seemed like an interesting idea. Does anybody know of any other good resources for confused little me?

On one hand, I have always been sort of turned off to the whole diamond thing. I'm concerned about issues of justice in the diamond mining industry, where many miners are paid sub-poverty wages and subject to terrible working conditions. I don't really want another kind of gem, either. I don't really want a colored stone on my e-ring, and also other gems are mined under similar situations as diamonds.
So I've been looking at a lot of rings with a Celtic pattern, and no stone (palladium is my metal of choice). Sometimes I like them a lot, because the patterns are very pretty, and they compliment me and SO's heritage... but then sometimes I get worried that I'll regret choosing such a non-traditional style.
Suffice it to say that I don't really know what I want, and it's getting frustrating. To make matters more complicated, price is definitely an issue for me and my SO.

I have heard talk of fair trade diamonds... are there any current vendors who sell fair trade, or is this something that's still in development? Also, I did run across one vendor (Brilliant Earth) that specialized in Canadian diamonds, which seemed like an interesting idea. Does anybody know of any other good resources for confused little me?