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Nothing Lasts Forever
2022 · Film · documentary · 87 min
Directed by Jason Kohn
Hidden from public view, a war is raging inside the diamond industry. When filmmaker Jason Kohn infiltrates this highly secretive world, he uncovers a vast, far reaching crime that threatens the value of every diamond ever mined. At stake is nothing less than the universal symbol of love and commitment - the engagement ring.
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If anyone is interested in a good documentary about diamonds and the De Beers cartel I can recommend Nothing Lasts Forever [1][2].
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIGGdxZe64
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/12/nothing-lasts-forever-review-sparkling-documentary-about-the-diamond-business
There's a rather interesting film I watched called 'Nothing Lasts Forever (2022)', which talks about the two types of manufactured diamonds - high pressure high temperature and CVD diamonds - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16317380/. It talks a bit about natural and manufactured diamonds being mixed together.
It sounds like it's pretty difficult to tell the difference between natural and HPHT manufactured diamond, without spectrometers etc.
I found this re. CVD diamonds though "You can identify CVD diamonds fairly simply. They have a unique strain pattern that doesn’t resemble that of natural diamonds and strong red fluorescence. In addition, they lack the typical "Cape Line" at 415 nm on their absorption spectrum. Instead, they present a strong line at 737 nm." -
https://www.gemsociety.org/article/identification-of-synthetic-diamonds/