Diamonds can now be created from scratch in the lab in just 15 minutes (www.earth.com)
from neme@lemm.ee to science@mander.xyz on 09 Dec 20:39
https://lemm.ee/post/49379289

Scientists have revolutionized diamond synthesis with a groundbreaking method that creates diamonds at room temperature and pressure.

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JoMiran@lemmy.ml on 09 Dec 21:20 next collapse

So diamond tipped tools will be cheap now, right? RIGHT?!?

skeezix@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 21:25 next collapse

No. They’ll stay the same price because profits.

adarza@lemmy.ca on 09 Dec 21:45 next collapse

nah, they’ll increase in price, but for more of the same reason.

Maalus@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 22:39 collapse

They’ll be the same price because industrial diamonds aren’t something new and were incredibly cheap already.

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 21:44 collapse

They’ve been using industrial diamonds for decades, they would be more expensive if they were using natural.

jdnewmil@lemmy.ca on 09 Dec 21:25 next collapse

So are we at peak DeBeers?

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org on 09 Dec 21:38 collapse

That ended when people realized about blood-diamonds. But this should certainly accelerate their downfall.

skeezix@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 21:31 collapse

If you were thinking of reading the article, know first that the picture of the diamond shown above is bullshit. This process can only produce microscopic films of diamond.

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 06:33 collapse

Basically the best version of it.