{
  "id": 630606,
  "title": "Diamonds see half their value disappear in three years due to the boom in synthetic copies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/los-diamantes-ven-esfumarse-en-tres-anos-la-mitad-de-su-valor-ante-el",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://cincodias.elpais.com/mercados-financieros/2026-08-12/los-diamantes-ven-esfumarse-en-tres-anos-la-mitad-de-su-valor-ante-el-auge-de-las-copias-sinteticas.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "A twenty-year-old enters the José Luis Sánchez jewelry store in A Coruña with her parents, and she won't leave without a diamond, no matter how small it is. She will wear it on a necklace during her university graduation ceremony. The budget is tight, around 1,200 euros, and the aspirations are modest. They're looking for a tiny piece, just 0.25 carats. Then, Sánchez explains the maxim that has turned the jewelry market upside down in recent years: not everything that glitters is a diamond. “I have a much cheaper alternative,” he tells them.",
  "summary": "The popularization of this almost indistinguishable alternative has filled the market with stones up to 40 times cheaper and is devastating the industry giants.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}