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Forget billions of years: Researchers have grown diamonds in just 150 minutes (charmingscience.com)
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[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

How an Ad Campaign Invented the Diamond Engagement Ring

In the 1930s, few Americans proposed with the precious stone. Then everything changed. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/how-an-ad-campaign-invented-the-diamond-engagement-ring/385376/