There is No doubt that diamond are a girls best friend, but most people are unaware of the role diamonds play in bringing tragedy and despair to the countries around where diamonds are sourced. With all of the recent news about so-called? Blood diamonds? How could you make sure your stone is conflict-free?
Fehrenbacher wrote:
For those of you who haven’t seen Blood Diamond, the mined diamond industry is a disgusting and dirty business that has thrived on the exploitation of war-torn nations and impoverished people for decades. And even conflict-free diamonds are still mined from the depths of the earth – they may be more socially sustainable, they still aren’t environmentally friendly.
Fortunately, you can still have your cake and eat it too in regards to precious jewelry. Your solution to the environmental and social ravages of the diamond trade is both stylish and high-tech: manufactured gemstones!
Cultured gems are exactly like their mined counterparts, but are formed in labs with heat and high pressure machines.
Greenkarat is a fabulous eco-friendly jewelry company that deals in cultured gemstones as well as recycled platinum and gold.
Green Karat jeweleries are not only pretty but these are made in more environmentally friendly ways. The sapphire is created in lab so no ecological destruction takes place.
Cultured diamonds are molecularly superior to natural diamonds as they don’t have mineral deposits and other defects of nature. These are every bit as ‘real’ as mined diamonds, only they are less expensive and much better for the planet.
Its diamonds are structurally identical to and virtually indistinguishable from diamonds mined from the earth, but you don’t have to worry about environmental sustainability issues or their origin instead of spending millions of years beneath the earth surface, these are man-made, grown in a laboratory.
The gems look like diamonds and have the sparkle and are even structurally and chemically identical to mined stones.
Their designs tend towards contemporary stylish minimalism – so you can bypass the tacky bling and know that their tasteful aesthetic also helps fight against violence and environmental degradation. Now that’s real love.
