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How can a diamond be "used"? I think it's only the person offering to buy it trying to convince you of this.

Diamonds are cheap and easy to appraise, and with laser etching easy to identify. I buy all my ice with AGL certs off eBay.

There are more degrees of freedom than with something like gold coins, so diamonds aren't fungible. It adds complexity but I don't think it hurts resale that badly.

If the resale market were so much cheaper, that's where everyone would buy their stones, right?



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