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The Mary Sue
Rachel Thomas

‘I now buy moissanite’: Houston woman gets emerald necklace appraised. Then the jeweler tells her something shocking about precious stones like diamonds

A Houston woman went into a buy-and-sell shop to get an emerald necklace appraised. Then she discovered that the jewels inside her necklace do not have significant retail value.

“This just blew my mind because… when you are getting engaged, married, whatever it may be, we want big rings. We want the bigger the ring, the more success. [But that’s not what it actually means]… It just blew my mind,” said Lucy K (@its.lucyk), a TikTok influencer with around 5,000 followers. After visiting a local pawn shop in her area, she posted about her experience, garnering 1.6 million views since Oct. 16.

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