My Favorite: Diamonds!

[PinkDiamond]

Gemjunkie, I couldn't pull it up from here either, so I went to my original source, pulled it up and copied this link. If there's still a problem, we'll need IT to help us with it. Anyway, here we go again:

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/58827 ... ption.html

[PinkDiamond]

Enjoy!

Diamond Exploration and Mining in Canada: Bryson Burke Diamond Corporation

"Hot gasses jet Kimberlite through cracks in the earth's crust. If it rose slowly, diamonds would turn to graphite as the temperature-pressure gradient changed...."

http://brysonburke.com/geology_kimberlites_df.html

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CURSE, BURDENS, OR JUST BAD LUCK? THE CURSE OF THE HOPE DIAMOND

"For as long as it has captured the adoration of the public, the Hope Diamond has also stoked superstition. Smithsonian mineralogist Jeffrey Post, the keeper of the Hope, dismisses the idea that the stone has any supernatural powers, but the legend persists among some that the diamond is cursed...."

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/ ... curse.html

Enjoy!!

[PinkDiamond]

World Diamond Council Calls for Action on Zimbabwe
JCK Staff -- JCK Online, August 26, 2009
"The World Diamond Council on Wednesday called for action from governments in the Kimberley Process to resolve issues surrounding the Marange alluvial diamond fields in Zimbabwe.

The WDC stated it would not hesitate to call for Zimbabwe's suspension from the KP if the country's government did not act on recommendations to deal with its alleged human rights abuses..."

http://www.jckonline.com/article/328990 ... ssid=20367

[PinkDiamond]

Rio to Resume Argyle Diamond Mine Expansion Next Year
By Rebecca Keenan

"Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, will resume work on a A$1.8 billion ($1.5 billion) expansion of its Argyle diamond mine next year as global jewelry demand recovers.

Underground production at the world’s largest diamond mine should start in 2013, Argyle Chief Operating Officer Kevin McLeish said today in an interview from Perth. Work on the expansion had slowed down in January, he said..."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... xAPW0NHhxo

[PinkDiamond]

The Science of the Hope Diamond



"In the back rooms of the National Museum of Natural History, mineralogist Jeffrey Post demonstrates an eerie characteristic of one of the museum’s most intriguing objects. With the help of an ultraviolet light, the famous Hope Diamond is radiating a fiery red glow. To witness the world’s largest deep-blue diamond radiate blood red is to be reminded of the many secrets the Earth still holds. But while the Hope retains many secrets, its fiery red glow, or phosphorescence, is no longer a mystery..."

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/ ... ience.html

[PinkDiamond]

Another "largest ever" diamond find in South Africa

One of the largest, high quality diamonds discovered to date has been found at a mine in South Africa, mining group Petra Diamonds has revealed.

The 507 carat stone, which could be worth in excess of $20m (£12.5m), was found with three other large diamonds.

They were discovered at the famous Cullinan mine, where the largest diamond in history was found more than 100 years ago...

http://www.farlang.com/art/largest-whit ... -507-carat

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GIA Takes Strong Action with Counterfeit Reports
JCK Staff -- JCK Online, 9/25/2009 4:00:39 PM

The Gemological Institute of America was recently notified of three counterfeit grading reports that accompanied diamonds weighing 3.00 cts., 4.08 cts., and 5.01 cts., sold to a client in Johannesburg, South Africa.

After further investigation, it was found that not only were the reports fraudulent, but at least one of the accompanying diamonds was also high pressure/high temperature treated. Follow-up testing is being done for the other two diamonds...

http://www.jckonline.com/article/355441 ... d=15114325

[PinkDiamond]

The times, they are a changin'!

[Analysis] The 'Post-Cartel' Diamond World Faces Its First Crisis
The first recession since De Beers relinquished its role as guardian of the diamond market triggered a variety of coping strategies. Here's our report card.
By Rob Bates, Senior Editor -- JCK Online, 9/1/2009 2:00:00 AM

In a 1998 interview, Nicky Oppenheimer told JCK:

In good times, people often say, 'We don't need De Beers,' and it's true; in good times, you don't. It's in bad times that people recognize the benefit of the CSO [Central Selling Organisation].

The past year fits anyone's definition of “bad times.” It saw the steepest drop in diamond demand in more than 50 years. It saw banks refusing to lend, business come to a standstill, and a jaw-dropping string of retailer and manufacturer bankruptcies.

And the CSO is just a memory.

De Beers, of course, is still around. But it's a remade company that is forbidden from cartel-like activities—such as stockpiling diamond production—by the European Union. And the fact is, even if it tried to manage the diamond market, it likely wouldn't be able to...

http://www.jckonline.com/article/328977 ... Crisis.php

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Museum of Natural History Has Diamond Exhibit
JCK Staff -- JCK Online, 10/15/2009

"The American Museum of Natural History in New York is exhibiting 25 diamonds in the museum's Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems.

Diamonds in the display include an intense pink brilliant set in gold with small pink diamonds, all from the Argyle Mine in Australia..."

http://www.jckonline.com/article/358210 ... d=15114325

[PinkDiamond]

WOW, this thing is HUGE! But I'd wear it even if my knuckles dragged on the ground!!

32-carat diamond sells for $7.7M at NYC auction

"NEW YORK – A square, 32.01-carat emerald-cut diamond that billionaire philanthropist Leonore Annenberg bought for her 90th birthday sold for $7.7 million at auction on Wednesday.

About the size of a walnut, the flawless, colorless diamond sits on a ring designed by Manhattan jeweler David Webb. It is flanked by two pear-shaped diamonds, one of them 1.61 carats and the other 1.51 carats..."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_ ... rg_diamond

[mehoose]

You going Neanderthal on us Pink Diamond.
Yeh, spose it's ok for a small sparkler.

[PinkDiamond]

LOL!

Rio Tinto debuts 'silver' diamonds
October 16, 2009

"New York--This coming February, Rio Tinto will roll out "Silvermist," its new silvery-gray colored diamonds that can be used to create more affordable diamond jewelry pieces.

At a Rio Tinto press event held earlier this week in New York City, Rio Tinto showed a pair of earrings crafted with the new silver diamonds and traditional colorless diamonds, a marriage that creates a vintage look with a softer contrast than that created by black and white diamonds..."

http://www.nationaljewelernetwork.com/n ... 3131a3d8a4

And check out these beauties!
http://www.ncdia.com/index.cfm

[Gemjunkie]

In this economy, it's so good to see that the spin doctors weren't laid off after they finished turning brown into champagne, cognac and chocolate.

[mehoose]

I got lost in a world of sparklies that I forgot where I'd started from and turned the puta off!!!
Back with it now.