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Yup!, a big rip-off!lambskin|1412894657|3765078 said:I think the bigger travesty is not the sale of the lower or warmer colored vintage cuts but rather the sale of black and brown diamonds--those diamonds that were in the spectrum that nobody wanted for centuries. These are the diamonds that are being sold to the masses who cannot afford a decent diamond for the price. The marketing of "black ice' or "chocolate' diamonds has been brilliant and many a buyer has fallen prey. Why buy a carbon spot when a piece of onyx can do. Same with smokey quartz or topaz for the chocolate diamonds. But these buyers proclaim that they have a diamond! By allowing India to cut whatever crap diamond comes up from the ground as long as it can be faceted it will end up in some cheap (or overpriced) piece of jewelry.