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I could be misinformed on this, but as far as I know, diamonds are NOT mined in Israel. They are sold there.

Diamonds come from Africa, for the most part, and make their way to Tel Aviv, Amsterdam and New York, where they are graded, cut, and set into jewelry.

If you are afraid of supporting child labor, look into created stones, or diamond simulants, such as Cubic Zirconium. Some are quite nice!

Look for diamonds mined in North America. The store should have a certificate. Insist on reading it in the store, ’cause they’ll dance around the issue and try to avoid it. Blood diamonds are illegal but are smuggled in, so any diamond that came in from outside the country is a risk.

Are you completely in love with diamonds?

If you do want a diamond and the American ones (yes, they are more) are out of your range, consider estate jewellry. Then your money isn’t going to the source.

If you only want a diamond because it’s “tradition” (a tradition created by the most successful ad campaign in history), why not consider something with your birthstones in it together instead? (Unless one of you has a diamond birthstone!) Or perhaps one of your grandmothers has a ring to pass down? Or you could go shopping together and consider EVERYTHING you see without limiting yourselves to diamonds. There are so many things about jewellry that can be so personal. Getting a diamond ’cause everyone else does diminishes that, IMO.

Whatever you do, I hope you are very happy and I applaud your conscientious shopping. Best wishes on your upcoming engagement!

Sorry, you’re a little misinformed.

The “blood” diamonds were found in the majority of jewelry stores years ago. Since then, the diamond mining companies, like De Beers, have put in place numerous checks and policies to ensure that the diamonds they sell are not blood diamonds. Any diamond you buy from a large retailer should be just fine.

Also, the “blood” diamonds were not called this because they were mined by children. They were called this because the purchase/sale of them helped fund civil war.

Also, the “blood” diamonds were mostly diamonds mined from streams and rivers. These are usually not good enough to be in diamond rings…they are used for industrial purchases.

Really, don’t worry about this when puchasing your ring.

Go to google or yahoo look up polar bear diamond, it will give you a discription of lazer engraved polar bear on that stone and what part of Nunavut or NWT it comes from. hope that helps.

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