Design News - June 16, 2003

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It's been said that diamonds are forever, but far too many of them wind up stolen or substituted with paste imitations. Up until now, it's been costly to mark precious gems so that they can be traced, but a newly redesigned etching system makes it far simpler and more economical to put a personal identifier on them.

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