Moissanite Ring – The Modern Expression of Love
When you buy the ultimate diamond ring for your partner you are throwing everything into a symbol, a symbol of unblemished and undying love, of beauty and extravagance. It seems to go without thought that this is the really what is expected of you, the price and the reward of finding your one true love to which you will forever be connected, shining and clear. The diamond’s beauty and the love associated has been told in stories for endless generations, it always was the ultimate symbol on undying and pure love. Given as the ‘happy ever after’ begins and usually after surmounting seemingly impossible odds to the heroin, the diamond ring is perfect.
However, nowadays it is a totally different story…
Not in the imperfections and fluidity of modern marriages, because true love still does exist, honest. It is in the story of the symbol’s creation that breaks the heart.
A diamond is still a perfect gemstone, taking millions of years to be created in the heat and the crushing pressures of the bowels of the earth but the problem recently has been the ethics of getting it out.
The term “blood diamond” has become more popular and as described by the 2006 documentary by the same name, has been the source of fear, abuse, child slavery, environmental destruction, pain and death. The rough diamonds, from “rough trades” that are produced for fashioning into the symbols of love seem so far removed from it that it seems impossible to connect them ever again. The conflict, the social and environmental devastation created by the diamond certainly has nothing to do with love.
So the stone that is set in the ring given to your sweetheart may have had a history you would prefer to ignore, or even never even know about.
Laws have been created by many countries and processes set up to restrain these “blood diamonds” from being traded, but they are such a valuable product that somewhere along the line they will get bought up and used by somebody, for good or evil intention.
There is an attitude growing, especially in these recession hit times that alternatives to the diamond are used, that technology be used to create synthetic diamonds are a suitable choice. Although the fascinating story continues on the many different methods needed to produce these gems in the lab there is still another alternative.
A gemstone that is nearest to diamond in hardness has more sparkle and fire than diamond. One that was discovered in 1893 by Henri Moissan in Arizona who thought at first that he had in fact discovered a source of diamonds and which has now become easier and cheaper to manufacture.
The Moissanite gemstone is an alternative that is used as the source and symbol of love, fashioned beautifully into engagement rings and wedding bands. It has no painful history to bring with it and is certainly a more economical substitute for diamond. Maybe our modern day expressions of love have grown up to care for both humanity and the environment.
Tia Glesner loves the opulence of diamonds, but diamonds usually come at an unforgiveable price. Now she prefers the best next thing Moissanite Rings and invites you to pop in and offer your opinions, on both the beautiful moissanite rings that are available and the problems with diamond rings.
For further information take a look at the post What Are Moissanite Rings?
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