@awk@Kyeh@Lynnerizer@mediocrebot clearly you’ve never been with me in any Asian supermarket! I spend way too much time in the ramen aisle and have a grin from ear to ear!
So yes, that’s two half-carat earrings, for a total weight of 1.0 carat between them.
Also FWIW, I believe TW, a.k.a. “total weight” is a pretty standard term in the jewelry biz, indicating the sum of the carats of all diamonds in a given piece of jewelry.
@omally@yakkoTDI Synthetic diamonds are diamond that is synthesized instead of mined, not diamond lookalikes made with some other synthetic material. These are synthetic diamonds, and that’s a good thing for everyone in every way.
@IndifferentDude You’re telling me the rats aren’t involved in diamond growing at all? What’s the point of buying a diamond if the suffering of living creatures isn’t baked into the stone?
@IndifferentDude cool video! Apparently the cost reduction is closer to 80% less than mined right now. (The video cites 15%)
According to Forbes:
About five years ago, lab grown gems sold at about a 20% discount to natural diamonds, but that has now blown out to around 80% as the retailers push them at increasingly lower prices and the cost of making them falls. The price of polished stones in the wholesale market has fallen by more than half this year alone.
My son just recently bought an engagement ring, and he and his fiancée were thrilled to get a much nicer diamond than they would have otherwise been able to afford, and no ethical concerns attached! I love that there is less of a stigma to lab created stones and more people are buying them.
De Beers even had its own lab grown line (Lightbox, I believe), but I read that they were stopping the sale of them. I could have misunderstood since the link still works.
The Specs didn’t say. Are these grown with or without hormones? Are they Non-GMO?
And if they’re so great, why aren’t there any pictures of football players wearing them?
Obligatory link:
Just over twenty years old, and the game’s changed (obviously, seeing as how the product’s made it to Meh at this point), but this old article is still a trip. https://www.wired.com/2003/09/diamond/
Beware not all labs produce the same quality. Read the 1 star reviews on Amazon first, one copied pasted here;
‘The 1 Carat Diamond Stud earrings were Charcoal Gray in color, had bent posts and backs that were tarnished like a sterling silver, not white gold. Compared to another set ordered, three out of the four earrings had different settings. Neither arrived with Certificates, only a return/refund card. We immediately requested a return/refund.’
@Dubhlaine I was wondering why a durable(?) item like a diamond – lab-grown or wild-found – was appearing on meh.com when it could presumably be sold for full price somewhere more, uh, reputable, so thank you for answering my question.
@andymand@Dubhlaine The other half of it is in the clarity and color ratings for the stones. These are not the highly desirable grades of diamond. Both mining and manufacturing produce an abundance of this grade by comparison to the really good stuff, so there’s always a surplus available.
So, not exactly top-end in quality. Diamond synthesis still hasn’t reached the point of being close to that as the default; you still only get what you’re paying far too much for.
@fieldsnyc The picture is not screwbacks; that’s a post with multiple clip grooves so that the pushclip can fasten at more than one point to comfortably accommodate many thicknesses and sensitivities of earlobe. Somewhere in the jewelry supplies, I think I’ve got a couple of posts like that. Real screwbacks are substantially different.
I have already purchased or prepaid to have diamonds for my grands made from my remains, I am a diamond in the rough, using this process. Life. Gems. Dot. Com. At least my value will continue on
I bought a similar set in Feb 2022. I was a little worried because some comments said the grade meant they could be off color. They looked good to me, and my wife loves them, so that’s all that counts to me. Getting them for around 2/3 or 1/2 price didn’t hurt either.
My wife says if one or more people haven’t suffered horribly for that diamond, it’s not worth wearing. And, she doesn’t want used ones either! It had better be brand new…and I suppose being buried in the dirt for millions of years doesn’t count. So, please tell me that there is at least child labor involved in making these diamonds, or perhaps some other labor law violations, maybe union unrest…something…
They arrived today, and . . . SHE LOVES THEM! The price for a pair of 1/2-carat diamonds was very reasonable - really not a lot more than CZs. As others alluded, they are noticeably a little bluish in tint, but since she wears blue clothes most often anyhow, they look somehow seem apropos. Looking forward to lab-grown beer next . . . .
@harborvu mine arrived today. There was no paperwork whatsoever which caught me a little off-guard, but I guess that’s expected for lab grown? Was your experience the same?
Specs
Product: 1.0 Carat TW Moissanite or Lab-Grown Diamond Earrings in 14K White Gold
Condition: New
Diamond Muse Diamond Muse 1.0 Carat TW 14K Stud Earrings in White Gold
Model: LGD-STUDRD100-GGN
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$399.99 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jan 22 - Tuesday, Jan 23
I guess they returned the extra servers used for the Mehrathon.
Jewelry from meh-MEH.
Lab grown is still fake, no matter what you call it.
@somf69 Why? This isn’t cubic zirconia. The end result, whether lab-grown or naturally formed, is the same by every practically measurable criteria.
@somf69 Labs are real, though.
@PooltoyWolf @somf69 Lab grown usually have less flaws.
@somf69 A diamond is a diamond, even if no children had to die to acquire it.
@somf69 Wrong.
@somf69 Anyone who believes that either works in the legacy diamond industry, or has fallen for the legacy diamond industry propaganda.
@PooltoyWolf @somf69 @yakkoTDI
That’s about the only way to tell them apart, they’re “too perfect”…other than laser etching.
@PHRoG @PooltoyWolf @somf69 @yakkoTDI In this case, VS2-SI1 isn’t “too perfect.”
@somf69 fake as in NOT “blood diamond” I have a lab grown emerald on my wedding ring for that reason. Science!
Or created with heat ray in Superman’s fist (Christopher Reeve was awsome!)
Bugs Bunny will take your complete inventory!!
/giphy Bugs Bunny carrot
$2.49 is the best I can do.
@Rstoker Tree fiddy and that’s my final offer.
Same price on Amazon
@whobuysthis I only see $399 at Amazon, how’s that the same price?
/showme the lab where lab-grown diamonds are made
/showme your loved one’s face when she sees you bought her jewelry from the same place you buy expired ramen
@mediocrebot it’s not as funny when words are spelled correctly and all the fingers are in the right place
@awk @mediocrebot It’s still pretty funny. Her smile looks so forced!
@awk @Kyeh @mediocrebot You can see that faint ‘ugh, how cheap…’ in her face. LOL!
@awk @Kyeh @mediocrebot
Standing in the grocery store in front of the Ramen, ANY KIND of smile would have to be FORCED!
@awk @Kyeh @Lynnerizer @mediocrebot clearly you’ve never been with me in any Asian supermarket!
I spend way too much time in the ramen aisle and have a grin from ear to ear! 
@awk @Kyeh @Lynnerizer @mediocrebot
Look we got here; Frankenstein diamonds. Where are the pitchforks and fire?
Total weight 1.0 Ct = 0.5 Ct in each earring? Specs are confusing. I’m not in the market for this either way but it would be helpful to be clear.
@phr The second photo shows the dimensions, and each diamond is 5mm across, which is the size of a 0.5 carat round-cut diamond, according to multiple sites I found, e.g. https://www.whiteflash.com/diamond-education/mm-to-carat-weight-conversion-diamonds-guide/
So yes, that’s two half-carat earrings, for a total weight of 1.0 carat between them.
Also FWIW, I believe TW, a.k.a. “total weight” is a pretty standard term in the jewelry biz, indicating the sum of the carats of all diamonds in a given piece of jewelry.
@The_Tim Aha thanks, it’s just that it also says “Precious, classic 14K White Gold prongs hold twinkling 1.00 Carat lab-grown diamonds…”.
I suddenly notice that it also says “moissanite or lab-grown diamond”. Moissanite and diamond are of course completely different things.
the cool thing about synthetic diamonds is that it only takes one child’s life to make one, instead of several dozen for a real one.
@omally These are real diamonds not synthetic.
@yakkoTDI they are real diamonds that are synthesized in a lab. and i’m pretty sure a child’s soul is consumed during the synthesis.
@omally @yakkoTDI Synthetic diamonds are diamond that is synthesized instead of mined, not diamond lookalikes made with some other synthetic material. These are synthetic diamonds, and that’s a good thing for everyone in every way.
For those curious about the process, here’s a video the write-up should have included:
@IndifferentDude You’re telling me the rats aren’t involved in diamond growing at all? What’s the point of buying a diamond if the suffering of living creatures isn’t baked into the stone?
@AaronLeeJohnson Maybe the real diamond that’s sliced to make the wafers was acquired that way??
@IndifferentDude cool video! Apparently the cost reduction is closer to 80% less than mined right now. (The video cites 15%)
According to Forbes:
About five years ago, lab grown gems sold at about a 20% discount to natural diamonds, but that has now blown out to around 80% as the retailers push them at increasingly lower prices and the cost of making them falls. The price of polished stones in the wholesale market has fallen by more than half this year alone.
My son just recently bought an engagement ring, and he and his fiancée were thrilled to get a much nicer diamond than they would have otherwise been able to afford, and no ethical concerns attached! I love that there is less of a stigma to lab created stones and more people are buying them.
De Beers even had its own lab grown line (Lightbox, I believe), but I read that they were stopping the sale of them. I could have misunderstood since the link still works.
This had better be in my IRK.
The Specs didn’t say. Are these grown with or without hormones? Are they Non-GMO?
And if they’re so great, why aren’t there any pictures of football players wearing them?
@phendrick No pictures because you do NOT want to see where football players would wear these.
Obligatory link:
Just over twenty years old, and the game’s changed (obviously, seeing as how the product’s made it to Meh at this point), but this old article is still a trip.
https://www.wired.com/2003/09/diamond/
@bibulb great article! Thanks for sharing!
@bibulb that was an interesting read. Just now I found this other article where they are using diamond semiconductors, so the tech must be getting somewhere by now. https://www.techradar.com/phones/a-tiny-radioactive-battery-could-keep-your-phone-running-for-50-years
Try to get over the fact the author seems to think that nickel-63 indicates a quantity of isotopes and hope the rest is reasonably accurate.
My wife’s superpower is losing jewelry, so, in for a pair.
Beware not all labs produce the same quality. Read the 1 star reviews on Amazon first, one copied pasted here;
‘The 1 Carat Diamond Stud earrings were Charcoal Gray in color, had bent posts and backs that were tarnished like a sterling silver, not white gold. Compared to another set ordered, three out of the four earrings had different settings. Neither arrived with Certificates, only a return/refund card. We immediately requested a return/refund.’
@Dubhlaine I was wondering why a durable(?) item like a diamond – lab-grown or wild-found – was appearing on meh.com when it could presumably be sold for full price somewhere more, uh, reputable, so thank you for answering my question.
@andymand @Dubhlaine The other half of it is in the clarity and color ratings for the stones. These are not the highly desirable grades of diamond. Both mining and manufacturing produce an abundance of this grade by comparison to the really good stuff, so there’s always a surplus available.
So, not exactly top-end in quality. Diamond synthesis still hasn’t reached the point of being close to that as the default; you still only get what you’re paying far too much for.
The picture is screwbacks, but the description says pushbacks. Which are they?
@fieldsnyc I fear the answer may be a solid “yes”
@fieldsnyc The picture is not screwbacks; that’s a post with multiple clip grooves so that the pushclip can fasten at more than one point to comfortably accommodate many thicknesses and sensitivities of earlobe. Somewhere in the jewelry supplies, I think I’ve got a couple of posts like that. Real screwbacks are substantially different.
I have already purchased or prepaid to have diamonds for my grands made from my remains, I am a diamond in the rough, using this process. Life. Gems. Dot. Com. At least my value will continue on
Lab-made diamond = Home-made Chef Boyardee. An instant classic. Jumbo shrimp. Military intelligence.
Ooo- diamondiniums! Can I pay with moneyolio?
My lab produces a different kind of rock
… She leaves them all over the yard.
/giphy pooping dog
/showme Labrador dogs making diamonds
@mediocrebot yay! Mines the one in the middle.
@mediocrebot The dogs’ fingers look better than human fingers.
@crow @mediocrebot It gives one pause. (works better spoken than in writing. Still not good, admittedly).
@crow @mediocrebot @ParadisePete
I like it
I bought a similar set in Feb 2022. I was a little worried because some comments said the grade meant they could be off color. They looked good to me, and my wife loves them, so that’s all that counts to me. Getting them for around 2/3 or 1/2 price didn’t hurt either.
Feel free to throw the unsold ones into my irk!
My wife says if one or more people haven’t suffered horribly for that diamond, it’s not worth wearing. And, she doesn’t want used ones either! It had better be brand new…and I suppose being buried in the dirt for millions of years doesn’t count. So, please tell me that there is at least child labor involved in making these diamonds, or perhaps some other labor law violations, maybe union unrest…something…
@FritzCat does the debeers family suffering count?
WTF. Amazon comparison is not the same setting. No manufacturer info provided. How can a value be compared or determined? Total crap.
So could we say these are minedless?
@mehcuda67
They arrived today, and . . . SHE LOVES THEM! The price for a pair of 1/2-carat diamonds was very reasonable - really not a lot more than CZs. As others alluded, they are noticeably a little bluish in tint, but since she wears blue clothes most often anyhow, they look somehow seem apropos. Looking forward to lab-grown beer next . . . .
@harborvu If you haven’t seen the movie “Young Einstein”, perhaps you should. Beer is very much involved.
@harborvu mine arrived today. There was no paperwork whatsoever which caught me a little off-guard, but I guess that’s expected for lab grown? Was your experience the same?