Somebody made this great analogy between IVF Babies and “normally” conceived babies and mmd and mined diamonds. In the end both are human and both are a diamond. The biggest difference is in the way they were produced. But you would never dare to say that an IVF baby is less valuable or desirable than a normally conceived baby?
Somebody made this great analogy between IVF Babies and “normally” conceived babies and mmd and mined diamonds. In the end both are human and both are a diamond. The biggest difference is in the way they were produced. But you would never dare to say that an IVF baby is less valuable or desirable than a normally conceived baby?
This is true.
Haha this might be stretching it a bit...I wouldn't call her ancient at all
And she said her OEC was too large for her lifestyle and unless she comes here to say differently I would take her at her word. Her OEC was gorgeous indeed and her Octavia MMD from Yoram is also stunning. IMO she couldn't go wrong with either option.
I don't want to call any names out but it would be amazing if that PSer wanted to start a thread with her Yoram Octavia. So gorgeous.
But of course it comes down to personal preference always. And as always, IMO, there is no right or wrong when it comes to beautiful jewelry. It is what makes one's heart beat a bit faster and certainly there is no one size fits all. Mined diamonds vs MMDs vs fill in the blank.
I am excited about all the possibilities that come with MMD. I am watching this space and looking forward to seeing what develops and how it progresses. Like FK I am waiting to see how cutting "old cut" MMDs improve over time
Just want to add one thing. Anything by Yoram, is, IMO, a masterpiece and I would be thrilled to own anything he creates. Seriously.
I meant ancient in a very respectful way, like everybody who’s been around for more than 5 years and has been helping this community
And I also didn’t mean she didn’t like her mined diamond. I just was happy to think of an real life pricescope example , of actually trading in a mined diamond for a mmd - and I think she is just as happy with the mmd as with the mined diamond? Actually It would be really great to hear from her how she feels about that trade between mined and mmd. And if it was mindclean for her?
I totally agree owning a stone cut by Yoram is such a privilege!
Here a two year old OEC example from parksfinegroup
So you are saying that you bet that when couples get wealthier they will probably want to change their lab diamond into a mined diamond? Are you telling us that a lab diamond will be less desirable than a mined diamond when we get older and richer?
I bet that there will be those who will switch to a mined diamond, but just as many who won’t buy anymore diamonds or another lab diamond
Even ancient Pricescope members are dipping there toes into lab diamond territory. One pricescoper sold her mined 4ct OEC and bought a 2ct Octavia MMD from Yoram.
Somebody made this great analogy between IVF Babies and “normally” conceived babies and mmd and mined diamonds. In the end both are human and both are a diamond. The biggest difference is in the way they were produced. But you would never dare to say that an IVF baby is less valuable or desirable than a normally conceived baby?
The only difference for me between mmd and mined diamonds at the end of the day is intrinsic and emotional. And yes I know mmd have different kind of inclusions than mined diamonds. But also mined diamonds don’t have all the same inclusions. And argyle rough is harder to cut then other mined rough. There are very very ugly lab diamonds but there are also a fee ugly mined diamonds. It’s all a spectrum.
I’m a total diamond noob in comparison to you @Garry H (Cut Nut) . So maybe you could enlighten me what the big difference is between mmd and mined diamonds? What makes mined diamonds more desirable at this point for the average consumer (not talking about the 10mio< collector pieces).
Looking now and it seems ~4ct lab is still about $6500 on Diamond Foundry, so a 7ct for 4.2k USD would be fantastic. Even better if they're 3k each. I'll take 5 for a giant bangle! 
I dunno, I haven't followed pricing because it'll get lower in the next few years, just like computers. I jumped on the lightbox bandwagon when everyone was getting the pink 1ctw studs, lol, bad influences here. Their 10k martini setting sucked so I spent a bunch remounting them into beaded 14k yg bezels.
Re: synthetic gems, synthetic sapphire color may be "too good to be real", but it still lacks the depth and richness. Is it from the microscopic silk? Whatever causes the richness, it needs it. I've looked at the high quality hydrothermal ones and while the color is fantastic, they're crystal clear and don't have the velvety look. But that's only sapphires, I haven't looked at other synthetic gems. Synthetic rubies still have a long ways to go, they all look super fake right now. Or maybe they've gotten much better over the last year and I need a refresher course.
This sounds so morbid, but the older I get the more I want to sell everything and get lab copies. This way i don't have all that money tied up and can still have pretty sparklies to play with, and upon my demise it wont all end up on ebay. Not like I wear anything out anyway, they just sit on my table and keep me company when I work so who cares if they're natural.
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I dunno, I haven't followed pricing because it'll get lower in the next few years, just like computers. I jumped on the lightbox bandwagon when everyone was getting the pink 1ctw studs, lol, bad influences here. Their 10k martini setting sucked so I spent a bunch remounting them into beaded 14k yg bezels.
Re: synthetic gems, synthetic sapphire color may be "too good to be real", but it still lacks the depth and richness. Is it from the microscopic silk? Whatever causes the richness, it needs it. I've looked at the high quality hydrothermal ones and while the color is fantastic, they're crystal clear and don't have the velvety look. But that's only sapphires, I haven't looked at other synthetic gems. Synthetic rubies still have a long ways to go, they all look super fake right now. Or maybe they've gotten much better over the last year and I need a refresher course.
This sounds so morbid, but the older I get the more I want to sell everything and get lab copies. This way i don't have all that money tied up and can still have pretty sparklies to play with, and upon my demise it wont all end up on ebay. Not like I wear anything out anyway, they just sit on my table and keep me company when I work so who cares if they're natural.
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