The New Diamond Age

Wired ^ | September 2003 | By Joshua Davis

[Bernard Marx]

To dispel some of your diamond fantasies I suggest you click on the link below. DeBeers is already doomed as a cartel because it's failed top control the vast supplies of diamonds from Australia (world's biggest producer) and Canada (a fast comer). There are big changes ahead in the diamond business. It'll be interesting to see who emerges as the new DeBeers.

Meanwhile, check out:

http://www.jckgroup.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA317139&industry=Gemstones+and+Pearls&industryid=704&webzine=jck&publication=jck

[Feldkurat_Katz]

ping

[A. Pole]

Following up on a report about a Russian antitheft technology, Clarke came across Yuriy Semenov, who was in charge of the High Tech Bureau, a government initiative to sell Soviet-era military research to Western investors. Semenov had a better idea for the General: "How would you like to grow diamonds?"

"Came across"? I wonder if De Beers had pissed off Russians before this "random" exchange.

[Fzob]

bump

[Brett66]

Can't wait till they make eyeglass lenses from the stuff.

[StriperSniper]

These diamonds are going to be featured on the MSNBC show 'Countdown' tonight(8/19 8:00PM Eastern), not sure what segment.

[Fzob]

Thanks for the heads up. To bad it 9:00 here.

[StriperSniper]

It tried waiting for you, it was the last segment, 10 minutes ago!

You didn't miss much, it was just the author of the article on with Keith Uberliberal. And Davis even forgot what he wrote, he mentioned synthetic saphires on the show, but wrote about emeralds. I only read it once when you posted it, and caught his error. Jeeze!