Diamonds are NOT rare, they comprise a false economy controlled by the DeBeers family. The discovery of diamonds in Siberia in the 1950s was a threat to the control De Beers kept over the diamond supply. Rather than compete with Russian diamonds, De Beers offered to buy almost everything that came out of Siberia — funneling all the worlds diamonds through a single channel. Even though Russian diamonds were smaller, their use in eternity rings and other miniature jewelry proved very successful, and allowed for a lucrative partnership between De Beers and the USSR. Tell your fiance that you want to put a down payment on YOUR house instead.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 04:34:34 +0000
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