Diamond Planet, a woman's new best friend

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The forum discussion centers around the discovery of a planet, informally named "Planet Tiffany," located 4,000 light years away, theorized to be composed largely of diamond. This planet orbits the star J1719-1438 every 2 hours and 10 minutes. Participants humorously speculate about the implications of such a discovery for engagement rings and gemstone investments, with some expressing skepticism about the value of diamonds compared to other gemstones like emeralds and rubies. The conversation highlights both the scientific curiosity and the cultural significance of gemstones in relationships.

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  • #31
turbo said:
I think there is a woman from AZ that is bulking up to wear this planet on a ring.

OMG that might be my wife.:biggrin:
 
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  • #33
lisab said:
Am I the only woman on the planet who thinks diamonds aren't a big deal? I have no idea why they cost so much or why people want them - they just aren't anything special to look at, to me. I've seen prettier broken glass.

Ah now a broken glass planet, that would be something :!)!
There are dark emeralds and Burmese rubies that can command several times the price per carat of a flawless diamond. Diamonds are very common, and they are only expensive because of monopoly conditions.

I used to facet gemstones as a hobby (might get back to that) and whenever I took flats of gems to a very old and well-respected jewelry store in the state capitol, the buyer never let me leave there with a single Maine tourmaline. Sad, because he bought fake "watermelon" stones that were obvious superglue marriages of pink and green tourmalines. He was foisting them off as real (knowingly or not) and I had to stop selling to him. Couldn't have my name attached to someone who was so dishonest.

I started buying gold mounts (rings, pendants, etc) and using the stones as Christmas/engagement/birthday presents. I think every living female relative has at least one piece of jewelry with one of my gem-stones in it.
 
  • #34
lisab said:
Am I the only woman on the planet who thinks diamonds aren't a big deal?

Yes.

Yes you are.
 
  • #36
lisab said:
Am I the only woman on the planet who thinks diamonds aren't a big deal?

My wife does not like to spend big on ornaments. All she has is a few pearl necklaces bought from ebay from china. Probably costs altogether less than $50.
 
  • #37
My wife was never big on jewelry, and has never owned a diamond, but thanks to my hobby, she owns and wears some of the most beautiful (and rare, in some cases) gemstones available, including Tsavorite - a deep green garnet found in Tsavo national park.

I had some faceted Tsavorite and high-quality Tanzanite in one of my gem flats when I visited a jeweler that I trusted and offered them to him at what I thought were fair prices. He told me that my prices needed to be a LOT higher, and that his clientele wouldn't understand what they were getting, anyway. Nice guy. When a jeweler tells you that your stone prices are far too low, and recommends another jeweler with more sophisticated, well-heeled customers, it's probably just good business to give him first dibs on stones in his specialty, which was Maine gems. Tourmaline, aquamarine, morganite (really rare), and amethyst were more up his alley.
 
  • #38
The diamond's nice, but the engagement's off until they find a planet made of gold for the setting.
 
  • #39
Sigh, as hard as I try I cannot find a planet that is made mainly of:

gold
silver
platinum
ruby
emerald
jade
tanzanite
aquamarine
moonstone
topaz
tiger's eye

or for you chemist's/physicists who prefer exotic radioactive isotope's

vanadium 50 (hehe...) with a half-life of 1.5×10 17 years

Rhody... :redface:
 
  • #40
Planet Tiffany (you have a problem with the name I've given it?)
Heck yeah, I do! My name is Lady Di. Don't mess with royalty.
 
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  • #43
rhody said:
hmm... no comments by women folk. Guys, pengy, turbo, Don, Astro, Chi, what do you think ?

Rhody...

Because they look delicious.

AND shiny
 
  • #44
BloodyFrozen said:
Because they look delicious.

AND shiny

Then tell me, why don't they have the same effect on mankind versus woman kind, I know our brains are different, right ? Larger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_callosum" in female brains. Then again, maybe this has NOTHING to do with it at all... hehe...

Rhody...
 
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