Lab-grown diamonds are also being used for money laundering. Late last year, Indian and Hong Kong customs revealed a joint operation in which they discovered “cheap synthetic diamonds were being ...
Back then, a man-made diamond was priced at around a 10% discount to a natural diamond. Today, they're priced at up to a 90% discount, Zimnisky estimates. "I think people kind of just bought it ...
It’s been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began. But the industry is still tainted by conflict and misery Story by Aryn Baker/Tshikapa Photographs by Lynsey Addario for ...