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Jul 2023
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Episode 93: Dispatches from the Lab-Grow...

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Amish Shah of Altr Created Diamonds reports from the inaugural Lab-Grown Diamond Symposium in Dubai. How are prices performing, and what does the future of the sector hold?

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