Zalman M. Shapiro isn’t out to become the next Tiffany & Co. or DeBeers. But the 89-year-old chemist from Pittsburgh has invented a new method to mass-produce large, gem-quality diamonds quickly and economically from tiny, natural “seed” diamonds, a feat for which he recently received his 15th patent. … Back to Article
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