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hlthe2b

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1. Glad to see this take incentive away from "blood diamonds" but...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2018, 04:23 PM

May 2018

I think this is going to (finally) give the industry the hit they deserve.

I have my Father's (and great Uncle's) nearly 100 year old diamond and a small one of my own mined in Northern Colorado during a short period when a few fine diamonds (and quite a few industrial diamonds) could be mined. Other than those, I'll stick with colored gemstones.

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