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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"The New Diamond War" by chrisOdd</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/trails/25081</link><category>chrisOdd/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>The New Diamond Age</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50604</link><description><![CDATA[Armed with inexpensive, mass-produced gems, two startups are launching an assault on the De Beers cartel.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:01:51 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50604</guid></item><item><title>Lab-Grown Diamonds Make the Cut</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50605</link><description><![CDATA[“These diamonds exist,” GIA spokesperson Laura Simanton says, “and we can’t ignore them anymore.”]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:04:22 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50605</guid></item><item><title>Fifteen Myths About Diamonds</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50607</link><description><![CDATA[DIAMONDS ARE VERY RARE. 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Real gem-quality diamonds grown in labs are now entering the market -- and are much cheaper than natural stones.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:06:18 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50608</guid></item><item><title>Diamond Nexus Labs – Flawless Lab Created Imitation Diamonds, Diamond alternative engagement rings.</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50609</link><description><![CDATA[In almost all measurable tests, our lab created, man-made diamond simulants match or are superior to natural diamonds.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:07:29 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50609</guid></item><item><title>C&amp;EN: COVER STORY - THE MANY FACETS OF MAN-MADE DIAMONDS</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50611</link><description><![CDATA[Before the 1930s, the gems of choice for engagement rings included opals, rubies, and sapphires. But in the 1940s, De Beers--the South African mining firm that controls the majority of the world&#39;s diamond supply--introduced &quot;A Diamond Is Forever.&quot; The success of this campaign turned diamond into the symbol of eternal love and dramatically increased demand for the gems.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:07:48 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50611</guid></item><item><title>Diamonds | American Museum of Natural History</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50613</link><description><![CDATA[Diamond was discovered to be carbon in 1796, and it took more than 150 years from that time until a method of diamond synthesis was invented. The secret was pursued by many scientists but not unlocked until the 1950s, when diamond was synthesized almost simultaneously by Swedish and American researchers. Pressures of over 55,000 atmospheres and 1400C, plus molten iron to facilitate the change from graphite to diamond, were necessary. Now some 80 tons of synthetic diamonds are produced annually by General Electric, De Beers, and many others for industrial firms.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:09:01 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50613</guid></item><item><title>3 On Your Side: 'Conflict-Free' Diamonds</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50614</link><description><![CDATA[Some gems look like natural diamonds, sparkle like diamonds, and are even structurally and chemically identical to mined stones but they&#39;re manmade. Robert Linares of Apollo Diamonds says they are 100-percent carbon, just like a diamond you find in nature but instead of spending millions of years beneath the earth&#39;s surface, these stones are actually grown in a lab.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:10:21 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50614</guid></item><item><title>How a new generation of lab-grown diamonds is shaking up the jewelry world</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50615</link><description><![CDATA[These are real diamonds -- only they cost about 15 percent less than other stones of similar size and quality. The reason: They were produced in a lab. How a new generation of high-quality diamonds is shaking up the jewelry world.]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:10:40 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50615</guid></item><item><title>Apollo</title><link>http://trailfire.com/chrisOdd/marks/50612</link><description><![CDATA[They grow diamonds for jewelry, scientific or industrial purposes<BR>]]></description><category>The New Diamond War</category><author>chrisOdd</author><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:25:35 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:50612</guid></item></channel></rss>
