The Diamond's Business

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  @Rock-Bottem1982 · 1 year ago

  Go ahead and spend $50,000 on an engagement ring, then try to sell that same ring back to a jewelry store.  They will only give you 5% of the price you originally paid.   Jewelry is one of the BIGGEST scams in modern time

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• IA

  @ianmckenzie319 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This channel unironically has the best documentaries, especially since they started pumping more out over the last year.

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• SH

  @shelbynamels973 · 2 years ago

  Keep in mind that diamonds in jewelry making is a relatively recent fashion. Before the early 19th century, jewelers relied on colored gemstones and pearls for their creations. Diamonds really got their boost in the 30s when DeBeers started the 'two months salary' for an engagement ring campaign.

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• YA

  @yaheeaalzuhary1607 · 2 years ago

  as a young gemologist and jeweler, i absolutely loved this video, its formal and very entertaining

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• TH

  @TheWardDispatch · 1 year ago

  This documentary is actually very well-done and gives a real good glimpse into the world of diamonds.

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• MO

  @Mom_sBasement · 2 years ago

  It takes one hell of a marketing department to sell worthless rocks.

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• BR

  @brucejedwabny3473 · 2 years ago

  They have bins, like farmers have for corn, but these are full of diamonds, fact. There is no shortage of diamonds.

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• AC

  @Actingskint · 2 years ago

  In a world where life is often seen as cheap , yet a shiny rock can cost more than most people. Will earn in an entire lifetime

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• CY

  @cypress-Z71 · 2 years ago

  Rubies, Sapphires, and Emeralds are rarer than Diamonds. One heck of a monopoly, though.

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• AF

  @afnanardi27 · 2 years ago

  Best documentary

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• TH

  @thomasburke7995 · 2 years ago

  Very objective and well presented.. diamonds are basically used for wealth and nothing else

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• KA

  @kathleenmartin7498 · 2 years ago

  I remember seeing a documentary years ago where a diamond dealer in Russia showed a huge warehouse with shelves full of cases of cut diamonds. There was a massive amount of them, and he said they only let out so many for sale each year, do they don't flood the market and their value stays high.

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