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Kusunthaku ndikusintha kwa mbiri yakale kwa wogwira ntchito wamkulu wa diamondi padziko lonse lapansi, yemwe adalumbira kwa zaka zambiri kuti sangagulitse miyala yomwe idapangidwa m'ma laboratories. Ma diamondi adzagulitsidwa ku United States pansi pa dzina lakuti Lightbox, mtundu wa zodzikongoletsera za mafashoni, ndipo amagulitsidwa pamtengo wochepa wa mtengo wa miyala yamtengo wapatali yokumbidwa.

Njirayi ipangitsa kusiyana kwakukulu kwamitengo pakati pa diamondi zokumbidwa ndi labu komanso opikisana nawo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito miyala yopangidwa. Daimondi yopangidwa ndi munthu ya 1-carat imagulitsidwa pafupifupi $4,000 ndipo diamondi yachilengedwe yofananayo imatenga pafupifupi $8,000. Ma diamondi atsopano a labu a De Beers azigulitsa pafupifupi $800 carat.

"Lightbox isintha gawo la diamondi lomwe lakula ndi labu popatsa ogula zinthu zopangidwa ndi labu zomwe adatiuza kuti akufuna koma sakupeza: zodzikongoletsera zotsika mtengo zomwe sizingakhale kwanthawizonse, koma ndizabwino pakadali pano," adatero Bruce Cleaver. , mkulu wa bungwe la De Beers.

"Kafukufuku wathu wamkulu akutiuza kuti ndi momwe ogula amawonera diamondi zokulirapo - ngati chinthu chosangalatsa, chokongola chomwe sichiyenera kuwononga ndalama zambiri - kotero timawona mwayi," adatero.

Pakhala nkhawa ikuchulukirachulukira m'makampani kuti ma diamondi okwera mtengo sakhala osangalatsa kwa ogula zakachikwi, omwe nthawi zambiri amawononga pamagetsi okwera mtengo kapena tchuthi. Ma diamondi ayambanso kutsutsidwa chifukwa cha kukhudzidwa kwa chilengedwe ndi ufulu wa anthu okhudzana ndi migodi m'madera osauka ku Africa.

Mosiyana ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali monga cubic zirconia, diamondi zomwe zimakulira m'ma lab zimakhala ndi mawonekedwe ofanana komanso mapangidwe amankhwala ngati miyala yokumbidwa. Amapangidwa kuchokera ku mbewu ya kaboni yoyikidwa muchipinda cha microwave ndikutenthedwa kwambiri kukhala mpira wonyezimira wa plasma. Njirayi imapanga tinthu ting'onoting'ono tomwe timatha kukhala diamondi pakatha milungu 10. Ukadaulowu ndi wapamwamba kwambiri kotero kuti akatswiri amafunikira makina osiyanitsa miyala yamtengo wapatali yopangidwa ndi migodi.

Ngakhale De Beers sanagulitsepo diamondi zopangidwa ndi anthu, ndi zabwino kwambiri kuzipanga. Gulu la Element Six la kampaniyi ndi m'modzi mwa otsogola padziko lonse lapansi opanga ma diamondi opangidwa, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri popanga mafakitale. Yakhala ikupanganso miyala yamtengo wapatali kwa zaka zambiri kuti iwonetsetse kusiyana pakati pa mitundu yachilengedwe ndi yopangidwa ndi anthu komanso kutsimikizira ogula kuti akugula zenizeni.

Zamtengo wapatali zopangidwa ndi anthu pakali pano zimapanga gawo laling'ono la msika wa diamondi wa $ 80 biliyoni padziko lonse, koma zofuna zikuwonjezeka. Kupanga diamondi padziko lonse kunali pafupifupi 142 miliyoni carats chaka chatha, malinga ndi katswiri Paul Zimnisky. Izi zikufanizira ndi kupanga labu kwamakarati ochepera 4.2 miliyoni, malinga ndi Bonas & Co.

Kusunthaku kumabweranso panthawi yovuta kwa De Beers ndi ubale wake ndi Botswana, gwero la magawo atatu mwa magawo atatu a diamondi zake. Awiriwa ali ndi mgwirizano wamalonda womwe umapatsa De Beers ufulu wogulitsa ndi kugulitsa diamondi kuchokera ku Botswana. Mgwirizanowu, womwe umapatsa a De Beers mphamvu zake pamitengo yapadziko lonse lapansi, posachedwapa uyenera kukambirana ndipo Botswana ikuyenera kukakamiza kuti igwirizanenso.

Mwachitsanzo, nthawi yomaliza yomwe mbali ziwirizi zidakambilana, a De Beers adavomera kusamutsa antchito ake onse ogulitsa kuchokera ku London kupita ku Botswana. Pazokambirana, imodzi mwazomwe a De Beers amapangira ndikuwopseza chuma cha Botswana.

Lachiwiri, a De Beers adati anali ndi zokambirana zambiri ndi dziko la Botswana pankhani yogulitsa diamondi zopangidwa ndi anthu ndipo dzikolo likugwirizana ndi izi.