http://www.danforthdiamond.com/blog/green-weddings-couples-say-i-do-to-conflict-free-wedding-jewelry-and-earth-friendly-nuptials.html Wedding Jewelry, buying diamonds, engagements and rings Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:18:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.danforthdiamond.com/blog/green-weddings-couples-say-i-do-to-conflict-free-wedding-jewelry-and-earth-friendly-nuptials.html#comment-143 Stephani Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.danforthdiamond.com/blog/green-weddings-couples-say-i-do-to-conflict-free-wedding-jewelry-and-earth-friendly-nuptials.html#comment-143 I would be very wary of labeling any diamond "conflict free." There are many loopholes in the Kimberley Process. A diamond could easily be smuggled from a country that is amidst a civil war or a dictatorship to a country that is not and registered there to be sold legitimately. A diamond will also change hands an average of seven times before it ends up on someone's finger or neck, with the path that the diamond took nearly impossible to trace. Be cautious and don't always believe what someone who is trying to get a lot of money from you tells you. I would be very wary of labeling any diamond “conflict free.” There are many loopholes in the Kimberley Process. A diamond could easily be smuggled from a country that is amidst a civil war or a dictatorship to a country that is not and registered there to be sold legitimately. A diamond will also change hands an average of seven times before it ends up on someone’s finger or neck, with the path that the diamond took nearly impossible to trace. Be cautious and don’t always believe what someone who is trying to get a lot of money from you tells you.

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