I’ve been hearing for years that artificial gems (diamonds, rubies, moissanite, etc) cost a ‘fraction’ of the real thing. Is this true? If so, where can I as a consumer buy a handful of this stuff?

Note that I don’t want jewellery-grade gems, I realise that would cost a lot simply due to rejects and labour to cut / polish. I just want stuff I can mess around with for hobbies and crafts.

  • SargTeaPot@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    A bag of plastic gems on AliExpress couldn’t cost much and imo would work fine for hobby board game pieces

    • wahming@monyet.ccOP
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      1 year ago

      Well yeah, but there’s a certain fun to playing with actual gemstones 😁