Synthetic diamonds


Two news stories in the last few days have shaken the world of diamonds: the fraud report against the banks that proposed them to their customers and the appearance on the synthetic stones market.
700 million euros is the value of the seizures ordered by the Guardia di Finanza against five banks and two companies that sold diamonds to their customers at double their value . 

More serious is the alarm launched by the « Gemological Institute of America », the most accredited institute for the analysis of precious stones. The synthetic diamonds are more and more similar to the natural ones so that even an expert could hardly recognize them, not enough to a test done under a microscope, it would take a spectroscopic examination.

The most risky markets at the moment are the Asian ones, but synthetic diamonds have certainly arrived or will soon arrive in Europe. Two considerations: on the one hand there is a real scam against the customer ; on the other hand, if they took hold legally, it would be a serious blow for the entire chain of stones because the value of a diamond is given by its rarity, the difficulty of its extraction in the mines, the magnificent work of the carvers, clear that a stone produced in the laboratory it will cost little or nothing compared to a real one. And the customer will no longer be attracted by the millennial charm that cloaks a diamond, finding a perfect artificially manufactured copy on the market.
Perhaps a diamond is no longer "forever" and probably Marilyn would no longer say that "diamonds are women 's best friends".
And yes, in the end we only have our dear, old gold, the only one who never betrays .

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