Strazdas1 t1_iz44gcu wrote
Reply to comment by TerpenesByMS in Scientists have analyzed the specific labor costs for producing a 1 carat diamond in mines and through artificial synthesis. The work of human turned out to be more effective: 26 minutes versus 2-3.5 hours. by Skoltech_
The tech is fine, its political limitations that are the issue. In most places you are legally not allowed to sell synthetic diamonds as diamonds despite them being chemically identical and clearer than anything in a mine.
Gigazwiebel t1_iz4791k wrote
Where would that be? Diamond is chemically a well defined thing, no matter how it's produced. Also lab made diamond has many industrial use cases.
Normally a mined diamond has a certificate to show that it was in fact mined and not made in a lab.
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