Is Taylor Swift's Engagement Ring an Ethical Lab-Grown Diamond, or a Horrible Blood-Soaked Conflict Diamond?
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Is Taylor Swift's Engagement Ring an Ethical Lab-Grown Diamond, or a Horrible Blood-Soaked Conflict Diamond?
"After so many years searching for someone to fill the "Blank Space" in her heart, billionaire chanteuse Taylor Swift has, it seems, finally found her person in Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce. After two years of dating, the celebrity couple announced this week that they're engaged to be married in an Instagram post that featured, as seen below, a beautiful photoshoot in a rambling English garden, complete with the caption "your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.""
"Almost immediately, folks online began to speculate about Swift's huge, beautiful ring that's as fit for a princess as a pop star. Soon after Kelce and Swift's post went live, spectators began picking apart who designed the ring, who made it, how many carats it boasts, and whether that brilliant and massive diamond. Another hot question sparked by the chunky rock, as seen below from the engagement photos: was it grown conflict-free in a lab, or did it originate"
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement with an Instagram photoshoot set in a rambling English garden and a playful caption. Online spectators quickly speculated about the ring's designer, maker, carat weight, and whether the diamond was lab-grown or mined. Kelce designed the ring with New York City-based jeweler Kindred Lubeck; the jeweler's Artifex Fine Jewelry brand produces vintage-inspired pieces that align with Swift's classic-yet-millennial aesthetic. Jewelry experts described the stone as an old mine-cut with rounded edges and estimated it between eight and 15 carats, possibly worth up to a million dollars. Experts judged the stone's size and brilliance make it more likely mined than lab-grown, complicating provenance questions.
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