10 Reasons You SHould NEver Accept a Diamond Ring from Anyone

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

My cousin is preggers and can't fit her diamond on her finger. She went to Wal Mart and bought a fake,....and it looks fine! Of course I am no jeweler...but I can't tell

Most can't tell. A friend of mine took a diamond grading class. He is pretty good at judging most precious stones.

[sparkofcreation 0]

Fabulous article on CNN today about Botswana. Botswana is a democracy that has never had a civil war, has the highest income per capita and highest standard of living in Africa, and provides free education (primary through doctorate) and free health care (including free lifetime ARV drugs to treat HIV) to everyone. How so? Well, 75% of their GDP comes from a frickin' HUGE diamond mine.

See, I told you upthread that diamonds can also shore up the economies of otherwise poor countries that can and do use the money for good, not war.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/11...wana/index.html

(In any case, only 1-2% of diamonds currently being sold are actually conflict diamonds ... down from a high of 5% at the height of the problem.]

Edited December 11, 2006 by sparkofcreation

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

I don't have any rings.

Diamond is my birth stone though... Hmmm I wonder.

Nope, not going to happen.