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Are [[diamond]]s a [[commodity]]? From what I understand each diamond is unique and thus I cant believe that [[Commodity market]]s exist for them | Are [[diamond]]s a [[commodity]]? From what I understand each diamond is unique and thus I cant believe that [[Commodity market]]s exist for them | ||
:No, they are clearly not. Though there are global pricing guidelines, they tend to apply very differently to different origins of diamonds. The whole issue of [[conflict diamond]]s has also made diamonds clearly NOT commodity, since people now clearly do care if they came from [[Gus Keuwenhoven]] or not. | |||