Comments on: Synthetic Diamond Engagement Rings

By: mpate1

mpate1 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:49 +0000

“She may surprise him and accept something that fits in his budget.”

Wow. I mean that’s just horrible. You should be ashamed of yourself. Seriously.

By: thriftychic

thriftychic — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:52:40 +0000

Ugh! DO NOT get a synthetic stone and tell your fiance it is a natural diamond. My fiance did this to me and I wish I had thrown the ring back in his face! He even had the audacity to blame my ‘high expectations’ for his deception. Any man willing to lie and cheap out on his bride before they are married will definitely do the same after the wedding.

Be honest. If the guy doesn’t have the money or doesn’t want to spend the money on a ring he feels will make his prospective fiancee happy, then they need to discuss it beforehand. She may surprise him and accept something that fits in his budget.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:12:40 +0000

We have been looking at purchasing synthetic diamonds since our first trip to “look” at rings. I saw how expensive the real diamopnds were and taking into account the fact that I have alien-like fingers, I thought we were never going to be able to afford a real diamond ring that would be large enough to look nice and not like a chip. We have been doing research and looking at different retailers and sites and have been really happy with what we have seen so far. We haven’t purchased any rings yet but we know for sure they will be synthetic diamonds!

By: lildaisy

lildaisy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:30:35 +0000

I am really considering a synthetic ring. I love the fact that it is make by scientists. My main issue with buying a real diamond ring is the simple fact of all the suffering for a stupid ring, that doesn’t even symbolize how much my significant other loves me. It’s not the money we are worried about, it’s more the thought of how many families go through strife for our happiness in the states. We have also considered diamonds from Canada, but i really just love the fact that the diamond is made in a lab. So all those women who say the diamonds shows how much he loves me, Whatever. It shouldn’t be about the money it should be how much you two love each other. Now u can ask my boyfriend I am very pricey.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:12:45 +0000

Dean, no but it takes a seed to do lab diamonds. so lab v. natural is more like the difference between cultured and natural pearls rather than the gold example you gave.

lab diamonds are still pricey in the larger sizes; moreover, manufacturing them hasn’t become too cost effective right now.

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:39:14 +0000

do synthetic diamonds cost less than real diamonds now? I didn’t know that, they used to be more expensive.

I don’t see what the difference is between synthetic diamond and mined diamonds. A synthetic diamond is not a fake diamond, it’s a real diamond. When people buy gold jewelry, do they differentiate between whether it came directly from a mine, or melted down from “recycled” gold?

By: Thrifty Karen

Thrifty Karen — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:10:15 +0000

Oops, I meant to put lab created in there instead of synthetic. Sorry.

I’m amazed that synthetic diamonds don’t cost much less than real diamonds. Seems like I read that they only cost about 15% less. You can usually talk a diamond jeweler 25-30% down off their price.

By: Thrifty Karen

Thrifty Karen — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:55:47 +0000

P.S. When I looking for a synthetic diamond, I made certain to get one at 1 carat or smaller. So many times people are looking for czs and other lab created diamonds that are huge. The huge ones scream that they’re fake.

By: Thrifty Karen

Thrifty Karen — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:49:57 +0000

I have both a real diamond and a synthetic diamond. I wear the synthetic one most of the time because I like the look of the setting. I worked in a jewelry store for a while, so I can usually tell the difference in a real and synthetic diamond. In fact, one time I was at an auction and they told me that a diamond was real and I told them it wasn’t. They insisted it was. Finally, they came back to me and apologized and told me it wasn’t. lol

By: plonkee

plonkee — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:59:41 +0000

I would rather have a platinum ring with ‘insert stone of your choice here’ in, than a diamond and say gold or silver ring. (Actually if someone got me a yellow gold engagement ring I think the answer would be ‘no’, not because they aren’t nice but because its not me at all).

I think that synthetic diamonds are fine (and probably more ethical unless yours is second-hand) but you have to tell the person wearing it that its synthetic. Its pretty cool that they can create diamonds in a lab really and I see no reason why De Beers should get any money.

By: Angry Dinosaur

Angry Dinosaur — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:14:17 +0000

Reading the comments, I was surprised that nobody touched on the ethics side of this issue, especially with all the recent publicity on how the diamond market fuels violence and terrorism abroad. Anyone who has read Blood Diamond, or even seen the movie, should realize that De Beers doesn’t “deserve props” for anything.

For me, I would rather buy a synthetic stone and know that I did not finance some warmonger who chops the limbs off of African children. What kind of symbolism is that??

By: dakboy

dakboy — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:40:21 +0000

My wife’s ring is tanzanite, with 2 very small diamonds flanking it. She didn’t want me to spend a lot of money, and I was totally on board with that idea).

Plus, it’s her favorite color.

As for synthetic vs. “real” diamonds, if the price difference is negligible, there may be some value to the buyer in knowing that the stone wasn’t sourced from a mine in a 3rd-world country using slave labor, etc. Yes, there are clean diamond mining operations as well, but you do have to shop carefully to get one from such a source.

By: Angie Hartford

Angie Hartford — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:30:52 +0000

The ring that’s best is the one you can both agree on.

Buying an engagement ring used to be what one did only if there was no family ring available.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:31:01 +0000

I think theat it is more important that the ring be something that the woman chooses and is affordable to the man than if it is a real diamond or not. I recently proposed to my fiancee, who went with me weeks before and chose the ring she wanted, which I believe is more important than what the rock is made out of.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:18:13 +0000

It is not what it costs – it is what it is about – love – quality would not be important to me – quantity (love) would be! I am in fact shopping right now for a ring as I am planning a wedding and there is no way we are spending what I have spend in my previous marriage on a ring. As I said it is what it is about – where it came from is – from the heart!