MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/comments/1thozh7/we_arent_so_different_after_all/omsc895/?context=3
r/technicallythetruth • u/FlimsyBlood330 undefined boundaries. • 15d ago
107 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
173
hey! diamonds have plenty of industrial uses! :P
2 u/Fun-Jellyfish-61 15d ago You forget they are pretty to look at. 1 u/PwanaZana 15d ago true, though zircon is pretty similar and costs pennies :P not great for drill bits though 2 u/archpawn 14d ago Zircon isn't nearly as hard, so it doesn't stay nice and shiny. But there are plenty of alternatives. 1 u/PwanaZana 14d ago fair, I got my cool zircon rings for 3$ on aliexpress, so I had no illusions that it was the best material ever! :P 2 u/archpawn 14d ago Yeah. You probably could just keep replacing it and still have it be cheaper than a diamond.
2
You forget they are pretty to look at.
1 u/PwanaZana 15d ago true, though zircon is pretty similar and costs pennies :P not great for drill bits though 2 u/archpawn 14d ago Zircon isn't nearly as hard, so it doesn't stay nice and shiny. But there are plenty of alternatives. 1 u/PwanaZana 14d ago fair, I got my cool zircon rings for 3$ on aliexpress, so I had no illusions that it was the best material ever! :P 2 u/archpawn 14d ago Yeah. You probably could just keep replacing it and still have it be cheaper than a diamond.
1
true, though zircon is pretty similar and costs pennies :P
not great for drill bits though
2 u/archpawn 14d ago Zircon isn't nearly as hard, so it doesn't stay nice and shiny. But there are plenty of alternatives. 1 u/PwanaZana 14d ago fair, I got my cool zircon rings for 3$ on aliexpress, so I had no illusions that it was the best material ever! :P 2 u/archpawn 14d ago Yeah. You probably could just keep replacing it and still have it be cheaper than a diamond.
Zircon isn't nearly as hard, so it doesn't stay nice and shiny. But there are plenty of alternatives.
1 u/PwanaZana 14d ago fair, I got my cool zircon rings for 3$ on aliexpress, so I had no illusions that it was the best material ever! :P 2 u/archpawn 14d ago Yeah. You probably could just keep replacing it and still have it be cheaper than a diamond.
fair, I got my cool zircon rings for 3$ on aliexpress, so I had no illusions that it was the best material ever! :P
2 u/archpawn 14d ago Yeah. You probably could just keep replacing it and still have it be cheaper than a diamond.
Yeah. You probably could just keep replacing it and still have it be cheaper than a diamond.
173
u/PwanaZana 15d ago
hey! diamonds have plenty of industrial uses! :P