Iifashoni zamva nje zobucwebe bezacholo

Le ntshukumo lutshintsho lwembali kumgodi omkhulu wedayimani wehlabathi, owafunga iminyaka ukuba akayi kuthengisa amatye adalwe kwiilebhu. Iidayimani ziya kuthengiswa eUnited States phantsi kwegama elithi Lightbox, uphawu lobucwebe befashoni, kwaye uthengise ngeqhezu lexabiso leegugu zemigodi.

Isicwangciso siya kudala umsantsa omkhulu wamaxabiso phakathi kwedayimani ezembiweyo kunye nelebhu kunye noxinzelelo abakhuphisana nabo abasebenza ngamatye adibeneyo. Idayimani eyi-1-carat eyenziwe ngumntu ithengisa malunga ne-4,000 yeedola kunye nedayimani yendalo efanayo ifumana malunga ne-8,000 yeedola. I-De Beers iidayimani zalebhu entsha ziya kuthengisa malunga nama-800 eerandi i-carat.

"I-Lightbox iya kuguqula icandelo ledayimani elikhule elebhu ngokunika abathengi imveliso ekhule elebhu abasixelele ukuba bayayifuna kodwa abayifumani: ubucwebe befashoni obufikelelekayo obunokuthi bungabikho ngonaphakade, kodwa bulungele okwangoku," utshilo uBruce Cleaver. , igosa elilawulayo leDe Beers.

"Uphando lwethu olubanzi lusixelela ukuba le yindlela abathengi abajonga ngayo iidayimani ezikhule kwilebhu - njengemveliso eyonwabisayo, entle ekungafanelanga ukuba ibize kakhulu - ngoko sibona ithuba," utshilo.

Kubekho inkxalabo eyandayo kwishishini ukuba iidayimani ezibizayo azikho mdla kubathengi bewaka leminyaka, abadla ngokudla ngokuchitha kwii-elektroniki ezixabisa kakhulu okanye iiholide. Iidayimani nazo ziye zagqalwa ngumlilo ngenxa yeenkxalabo zokusingqongileyo kunye namalungelo oluntu anxulumene nemigodi kwiindawo ezihluphekayo e-Afrika.

Ngokungafaniyo namatye anqabileyo afana ne-cubic zirconia, iidayimani ezikhule kwiilebhu zineempawu ezifanayo zomzimba kunye nokwakheka kweekhemikhali njengamatye ambiweyo. Zenziwe ngembewu yekhabhoni ebekwe kwigumbi le-microwave kwaye itshiswe kakhulu ibe yibhola ekhazimlayo yeplasma. Inkqubo idala amasuntswana anokuthi ekugqibeleni akhazimle kwiidayimani kwiiveki ze-10. Itekhnoloji ihambele phambili kangangokuba iingcali zidinga umatshini wokwahlula phakathi kwamatye anqabileyo adityanisiweyo kunye nawombiwa.

Ngelixa uDe Beers engazange athengise iidayimani ezenziwe ngabantu ngaphambili, kuhle kakhulu ukuzenza. Iyunithi ye-Element Six yenkampani yenye yezona zinto zikhokelayo kwihlabathi ekuveliseni iidayimani zokwenziwa, ezisetyenziswa kakhulu kwiinjongo zoshishino. Ikwavelisa amatye akumgangatho we-gem iminyaka ukuyinceda ichaze umahluko phakathi kweentlobo zendalo kunye nezenziwe ngumntu kunye nokuqinisekisa abathengi ukuba bathenga eyona nto.

Amatye anqabileyo enziwe ngumntu ngoku enza inxalenye encinci ye-80-bhiliyoni ye-diamond market yehlabathi, kodwa imfuno iyanda. Imveliso yedayimani yehlabathi yayimalunga ne-142 yezigidi zeekharati kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokutsho komhlalutyi uPaul Zimnisky. Oko kuthelekiswa nemveliso lab ngaphantsi kwe 4.2 million carats, ngokutsho Bonas & Co.

Eli nyathelo likwafike ngexesha elinobuzaza kwiDe Beers kunye nobudlelwane bayo neBotswana, engumthombo wekota yesithathu yedayimani zayo. Aba babini banesivumelwano sentengiso esinika iDe Beers ilungelo lokuthengisa nokuthengisa iidayimani zaseBotswana. Isivumelwano, esinika iDe Beers amandla ayo kumaxabiso ehlabathi, kungekudala siza kuthethathethwano kwaye iBotswana inokuthi iqhubele phambili kwiminyinyiva engaphezulu.

Umzekelo, kwixesha lokugqibela la macala mabini ebethethathethana, iDe Beers yavuma ukubafudusa bonke abasebenzi bayo abathengisayo ukusuka eLondon ukuya eBotswana. Kwezi ntetho, enye yeentambo zikaDe Beers sisoyikiso se-synthetics kuqoqosho lwaseBotswana.

NgoLwesibini, uDe Beers uthe unengxoxo ezibanzi neBotswana malunga nesigqibo sokuthengisa idayimani ezenziwe ngabantu kwaye ilizwe liyalixhasa eli nyathelo.