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by somebodythere 332 days ago
Maybe it's my engineer-brain talking, but "lab-grown" actually biases me towards the diamonds. Feels precise and futuristic.
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My wife wanted a sapphire and we met during Ph D research. It's straight up not possible to pay more then like, a dollar for a synthetic sapphire so that's what's in her ring.
If you wanted you could even diy your own sapphires and rubies. It isn't a complicated process, but im sure its finicky to get everything perfect.
I like my scintillator crystals.. they're purpose built to be very fluorescent
where do you buy them at that price?