And I'm suggesting, a bit sardonically, that there is no real difference and it's only after the diamonds are sold for industrial applications are they then declared "industrial grade" to excuse their cheap prices.
But there is a difference, otherwise any diamond could be used as a gemstone, which isn't the case. You can argue that the standard is arbitrary, but the standard still exists.
That doesn't make any sense. If the miner pulls the rock out of the ground and it's too small, too cloudy, too inperfect or the wrong color to be turned into a gemstone, there exist zero situations in which that rock was ever making its way to a jeweler.
It's the same with carrots. If they're not orange enough, not straight enough, not plump enough, or not uniform enough, there exists zero situations in which they getting thrown into a bag and sold as whole carrots in your local supermarket. The fact that they're then turned into baby carrots or shipped off as livestock feed doesn't mean their value is changed after the fact. They weren't able to be sold as whole carrots to begin with.
Buddy you are falling for the propergander hook line and sinker, there's not a difference, the entire diamond trade is built on a small group of people saying whatever they want. A diamond remains a diamond no matter what, it's not more or less valuable because it's a lil bit dusty
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u/SEND_ME_FEAT_PICS 8h ago
Well yeah, 80% of mined diamonds are industrial grade. The law of supply & demand dictates that they'd be less valuable.
I meant more that the quality of the diamond themselves dictated their use.