ʻO nā ʻano mea hoʻonaninani hou

He neʻe koʻikoʻi ka neʻe ʻana no ka mea miner daimana nui loa o ka honua, nāna i hoʻohiki no nā makahiki ʻaʻole ia e kūʻai aku i nā pōhaku i hana ʻia i loko o nā hale hana. E kūʻai ʻia nā daimana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Lightbox, kahi hōʻailona hoʻonaninani, a kūʻai aku no kahi hapa o ke kumukūʻai o nā pōhaku i ʻeli ʻia.

E hoʻokumu ka hoʻolālā i kahi ʻāpana kumu kūʻai nui ma waena o nā daimana mined a me ka lab a me nā hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū kūikawā i nā pōhaku synthesized. Ke kūʻai aku nei kahi daimana 1-carat i hana ʻia e ke kanaka ma kahi o $4,000 a ʻo kahi daimana kūlohelohe like e kiʻi ma kahi o $8,000. E kūʻai aku ana nā daimana hou ʻo De Beers ma kahi o $800 i ka carat.

"E hoʻololi ʻo Lightbox i ka ʻāpana daimana i ulu ʻia e ka lab ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi huahana lab-grown a lākou i haʻi mai ai iā mākou makemake lākou akā ʻaʻole loaʻa: nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūpono ʻaʻole paha e mau loa, akā kūpono no kēia manawa," wahi a Bruce Cleaver , luna hoʻokō nui o De Beers.

"ʻO kā mākou noiʻi nui e haʻi mai iā mākou pehea ka manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku i nā daimana i ulu i ka lab - he mea leʻaleʻa a nani hoʻi ʻaʻole pono ke kumu kūʻai nui - no laila ʻike mākou i kahi manawa kūpono," wahi āna.

Ke piʻi nui nei ka hopohopo i ka ʻoihana ʻaʻole makemake nā daimana pipiʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku mileniuma, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā mea uila kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā ​​​​hoʻomaha. Ua komo pū ʻia nā daimana ma lalo o ke ahi no nā pilikia kaiapuni a me nā kuleana kanaka e pili ana i ka mining ma nā kaiāulu ʻilihune ma ʻApelika.

ʻAʻole like me nā pōhaku i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e like me cubic zirconia, nā daimana i ulu ʻia i loko o nā labs i nā ʻano kino like ʻole a me nā mea hana kemika e like me nā pōhaku i ʻeli ʻia. Hana ʻia lākou mai kahi hua kalapona i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ke keʻena microwave a hoʻomehana ʻia i loko o kahi pōlele plasma ʻālohilohi. Hoʻokumu ke kaʻina hana i nā ʻāpana hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i nā daimana i loko o 10 mau pule. ʻO ka ʻenehana ʻoi loa ka mea e pono ai ka poʻe loea i kahi mīkini e hoʻokaʻawale i waena o nā pōhaku synthesized a me nā mied gems.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole kūʻai aku ʻo De Beers i nā daimana i hana ʻia e ke kanaka ma mua, maikaʻi loa ia i ka hana ʻana. ʻO ka hui ʻo Element Six kekahi o nā mea hana nui o ka honua i nā daimana synthetic, i hoʻohana nui ʻia no nā hana ʻoihana. Ua hana pū ʻo ia i nā pōhaku momona no nā makahiki e kōkua iā ia e haʻi i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā ʻano kūlohelohe a me nā ʻano hana a ke kanaka a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku ke kūʻai nei lākou i ka mea maoli.

ʻO nā pōhaku i hana ʻia e ke kanaka i kēia manawa he hapa liʻiliʻi o ka mākeke daimana honua he $80 biliona, akā ke piʻi nei ka noi. ʻO ka hana daimana honua ma kahi o 142 miliona carats i ka makahiki i hala, e like me ka mea loiloi ʻo Paul Zimnisky. Hoʻohālikelike kēlā me ka hana lab ma lalo o 4.2 miliona carats, e like me Bonas & Pu.

Hiki mai ka neʻe ʻana i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi no De Beers a me kona pilina me Botswana, ke kumu o ʻekolu hapaha o kāna mau daimana. He ʻaelike kūʻai ko lāua ʻelua e hāʻawi iā De Beers i ke kuleana e kūʻai aku a kūʻai aku i nā daimana mai Botswana. ʻO ka ʻaelike, ka mea i hāʻawi iā De Beers i kona mana ma luna o nā kumukūʻai honua, e kū koke ana no ke kūkākūkā ʻana a ʻo Botswana paha e koi aku i nā ʻae ʻana.

No ka laʻana, i ka manawa hope i kūkākūkā ai nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ua ʻae ʻo De Beers e hoʻoneʻe i kāna mau limahana kūʻai āpau mai Lākana a i Botswana. Ma nā kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻo kekahi o nā levers a De Beers ka hoʻoweliweli o nā synthetics i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Botswana.

Ma ka Poalua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo De Beers he mau kūkākūkā nui me Botswana e pili ana i ka hoʻoholo e kūʻai aku i nā daimana i hana ʻia e ke kanaka a kākoʻo ka ʻāina i ka neʻe.