Jerry Singh started his search for a diamond ring with $5,000 and a link to his girlfriend’s Pinterest page.
“Honestly, I had no idea what to look for,” he said. “I was clueless.”
But the 30-year-old software developer quickly narrowed his search to lab-made diamonds. His girlfriend had voiced concerns about “blood diamonds,” he said, and it was clear that his money would go a lot further if he opted for a gemstone that had been shaped over a few weeks in a lab instead of a billion years underground.