His quest of producing new Jewellery items and honest practices ensured the rapid growth of his business, especially 22 carat Gold jewellery become the beacon of trust.
According to The Sunday Times, in 2013 the majority of Carat 357 workers are 21 to 34 years old.
On March 6, 2009, Sekimoto took part in Westside Xtreme Wrestling's (wXw) 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2009 and reached the quarter final before being eliminated by Steve Douglas.
Evalyn Walsh McLean (1886–1947), American mining heiress and socialite, the last private owner of the 45-carat (9.0 g) Hope Diamond
Mines no longer operate in Jagersfontein, but there were many great finds, such as the 972 carat (194.4 g) Excelsior Diamond of 1893 and the 637 carat (127.4 g) Reitz Diamond of 1895.
The unnamed sapphire known for its former owner, railroad executive James J. Hill, is a 22.66 carat (4.532 g) gem that is currently the world's most valuable known sapphire.
On September 11, 1980, Scalise and a colleague, Arthur Rachel, undertook a $3.6 million jewel robbery in broad daylight at Graff's jewelry store in London's busy Knightsbridge area, stealing the 45-carat Marlborough diamond, along with many other jewels.
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy became the patron of van Berken and in the 1470s commissioned him to cut a 137 carat (27.4 g) stone that later became known as the Florentine Diamond.
After Archbishop Gerlach of Mainz and Landgrave Hesse had taken the larger part of the Lordship of Itter in 1357, Gerlach mortgated his share to Otto II for 1000 Marks carat silver.
The town is the site of the 1928 discovery of the 34.48 carat (6.896 g) Jones Diamond by Grover C. Jones and his son, William "Punch" Jones.
Examples include a 10 carat diamond ring given to celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe by her husband Rodger after the 2011 birth of their son, a Bentley given to reality TV star Peggy Tanous of The Real Housewives of Orange County by her husband Micah after the 2007 birth of their daughter, and a diamond and sapphire necklace given to singer Mariah Carey by her husband Nick after the 2011 birth of their twins.
In 1698, a slave found the 410 carat (82 g) uncut diamond in Kollur mine (more specifically in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India) and hid it inside a large wound in his leg.
The Black Star of Queensland, the largest gem-quality star sapphire in the world, weighs 733 carats.
Sergio (carbonado), a 3167 carat carbonado found in Bahia (Brazil) in 1895, the largest carbonado diamond and the largest rough diamond ever found
AMI was subsequently acquired by Aegis Group a media and market research group founded by Peter Scott in 1989 as a separate company based the original WCRS Group media buying division which itself was centred around the French media business Carat.