• @NotMyOldRedditName
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    10 days ago

    For a long time (and maybe still currently I don’t know) they weren’t able to make diamonds bigger like people want. So for a small diamond it might not make any sense, but there was a point where ones we made weren’t meeting what people wanted.

    • @AdrianTheFrog
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      29 days ago

      synthetic diamond sizes keep getting bigger, but it is much harder to make them I think

      As of 2023 the heaviest synthetic diamond ever made weighs 30.18 ct (6.0 g); the heaviest natural diamond ever found weighs 3167 ct (633.4 g). Wikipedia

      That would be 1.7 vs 181 cm3

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
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        9 days ago

        Well, if they’re getting that big, that’s big enough for a lot of jewelry now.

        • @AdrianTheFrog
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          19 days ago

          Yes, I would imagine that size would be comically large for like a ring or something