‘As for diamonds, I went off them as a commodity myself after De...

‘As for diamonds, I went off them as a commodity myself after De Beers bought into the low-pressure gem-perfect lab-grown diamond business 'Lightbox'. That basically killed it for me. If the puppet masters of the global diamond mining and marketing cartel have raised the white flag, then you know the game's up! The product is indistinguishable from its natural equivalent, and comes to order in any colour, carat value or cut you like. They're still extremely pretty, but they are no longer rare’

Personally I’m not concerned over the impact of lab grown diamonds. I feel they have affected to lower grade market somewhat however the world still seems to have a healthy appetite for high grade rear gems. Lucapa’s last sale achieved a staggering US$29401 per carat. They have just unearthed two 200 plus carat stones just in the last week or so which is amazing. The high end of town will always buy a real Rolex over a fake one…

Apologies for off topic, enough from me regarding diamonds.

Seems to be some renewed interest, about bloody time!