Against the fashion for writing off mined stones, we make the case for the natural diamond — properly verified — as a defensible asset that supports workers and economies in the countries producing them. The point isn’t to wave ethics away but to do the work: blockchain traceability where the seller will give it, provenance written into the contract, authentication never taken from the brochure. A diamond crossing borders is an asset crossing borders, which brings customs, VAT, anti-money-laundering rules, succession planning, and holding structure into play. Verify substance, not slogan.…

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