What if Oysters gave diamonds...

Many of us know how an oyster makes a pearl, a microscopic intruder or parasite enters the oyster, and settles inside the shell. The oyster, being irritated by the intruder, secretes a calcium carbonate substance called nacre to cover the irritant. This secretion process is repeated many times, with the end result being a pearl. This can happen in any type of a mollusk including Gulf oysters. What is an irritant to the oyster ends up being something that humans desire.

What if Oysters made diamonds? Some people do call oysters the "diamonds of the sea", would there be a difference? It's clear that just like there are fake diamonds and fake pearls as well as cultured pearls (which are when the irritant is inserted into the oyster to make a pearl) that man would figure out a way to make a less expensive version of the "natural diamond" no matter whether it came from the ground or from an oyster. I've always found it interesting that things like pearls are designed as away to protect a creature from harm and it ends up being something that humans upon discovering then find beauty in them.

I've never been a huge fan of raw oysters, though I do like them cooked, I am however a fan of pearls...