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Alrighty- I'm a jeweler's apprentice, and the jeweler I'm studying under has bought/showed me some synthetic diamonds. She's got a HUGE one that she paid about $6 for. That's right, $6. At least a carat. Anywho, apparently there's only two differences between "real" and "synthetic" diamonds- one is a little heavier than the other per carat weight (she didn't remember which one) and, if the diamond has a flat side on it and you put it down over words (like over the page of a book) you can see words through a synthetic diamond and you can't through a natural diamond. Otherwise, there's no way to tell. I'm particularly excited about this because I really like diamonds but don't like the price/ the DeBeers Cartel stuff.
If you guys have any more questions PM me or something, and I'll ask my master.
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