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What Is A "Cultured" Diamond?
A. Rare.
B. Large
C. Very Large.
D. Expensive and only affordably worn by High Society.
E. None of the Above.
Answer: E
Under current FTC guidelines, "cultured" diamonds describes diamonds that are man-made in the laboratory and not mined from the Earth. Did you know that? If you said No, you can join the majority of diamond shopping consumers who are not clear what the term "cultured" diamond refers to.
A petition submitted to the FTC by the Jewelers Vigilance Committee on behalf of itself and ten major Diamond and Jewelry Trade Organizations recently requested that the FTC amend their regulations so that man-made diamonds also include the terms "laboratory created," "laboratory grown", "[manufacturers name] created" or "synthetic." Using only the term "cultured" to describe man made/synthetic diamonds is misleading and deceptive to the consumer, claimed the JVC. The FTC declined to follow the request of the JVC and is maintaining that the term "cultured" is sufficient to apprise consumers of the difference between man-made synthetics versus mined diamonds.
What do you think?
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