Can a mod create a poll for me?
Which precious gem type would you go for an engagement ring?
1) Natural (Earth's own creation over time)
2) Lab Created (Man's tech and knowledge in a tiny package)
3) Coal (Pressures of marriage will turn that into a gem eventually)
Basically it's time for me to get down on one knee soon and I'm stumped by gems and rings. I know of the existence of man-made precious gems but to now be on the purchasing end of it, I am rather confused.
On the one hand, natural precious gem makes it flawed (nothing is perfect), but it took years, century, even millennia for these gems to form. The money spend on it represents the time it took to form naturally, to be dug, shaped and polished into the end product. The title of 'natural' gem as opposed to the general myth of "fake". Possibility of conflict gems, which is hard to proof unless buying certified ones.
On another hand, there's lab created gems that is almost always perfect and as a product, encompass the knowledge of Man's understanding of nature and building the technology to create one at will. The price is certainly cheaper but it also allows for bigger gem. No chance of conflict gems.
So which route did you go down, natural, lab created or you just bought it because it's shiny / what you could afford / WTF is a gem?
Which precious gem type would you go for an engagement ring?
1) Natural (Earth's own creation over time)
2) Lab Created (Man's tech and knowledge in a tiny package)
3) Coal (Pressures of marriage will turn that into a gem eventually)
Basically it's time for me to get down on one knee soon and I'm stumped by gems and rings. I know of the existence of man-made precious gems but to now be on the purchasing end of it, I am rather confused.
On the one hand, natural precious gem makes it flawed (nothing is perfect), but it took years, century, even millennia for these gems to form. The money spend on it represents the time it took to form naturally, to be dug, shaped and polished into the end product. The title of 'natural' gem as opposed to the general myth of "fake". Possibility of conflict gems, which is hard to proof unless buying certified ones.
On another hand, there's lab created gems that is almost always perfect and as a product, encompass the knowledge of Man's understanding of nature and building the technology to create one at will. The price is certainly cheaper but it also allows for bigger gem. No chance of conflict gems.
So which route did you go down, natural, lab created or you just bought it because it's shiny / what you could afford / WTF is a gem?