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unusual facts about Diamonds



A Twist of Sand

The only problem is that nobody trusts anybody else and the only way to retrieve the diamonds is to navigate the dangerous waters of the Skeleton Coast, a place where few ships have ever survived.

Alice Elliott

Her first movie, Diamonds in the Rough, is an hour long documentary about a gifted, inner-city high school baseball team located in the largely Dominican, Washington Heights neighborhood, of New York City.

All About the Benjamins

Tommy Flanagan as Robert Williamson: a car dealership owner who wants the diamonds in exchange for money and the main antagonist.

An Old Score

An Old Score is an 1869 three-act comedy-drama written by English dramatist W. S. Gilbert based partly on his 1867 short story, Diamonds, and partly on episodes in the lives of William Dargan, an Irish engineer and railway contractor, and John Sadleir, a banker who committed suicide.

Bertha Palmer

According to the author Aline B. Saarinen, "so fabulous were her jewels that a newspaper declared that when she appeared on the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with a tiara of diamonds as large as lima beans, a corsage panned with diamonds, a sunburst as big as a baseball, a stomacher of diamonds and all the pearls around her neck, Alois Burgskeller of the Metropolitan Opera, who was singing at the ship's concert, was stopped right in the middle of a high note."

Blue book

The CIBJO World Jewellery Confederation Blue Book is a three-part publication outlining terminology, classification and ethical guidelines for coloured gemstones, diamonds and pearls

Bruce Harding

That same year, in an article on "Faceting Limits" in Gems and Gemology, the magazine of the Gemological Institute of America, he identified the effect of an observer's head blocking rays of illumination for the main facets of a number of gem materials, including diamonds.

Cape May diamonds

Cape May diamonds (sometimes capitalized "Diamonds") are quartz pebbles found on the beaches of Cape May Point, New Jersey.

Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

Following a $2 million renovation project in 2006, the park received an upgraded rating from two diamonds to three diamonds from the American Automobile Association (AAA) in 2007.

Dave Somerville

In the late 1980s he again sang with original members of The Diamonds and also returned to The Four Preps with Bruce Belland, Ed Cobb and Jim Yester of The Association.

Delano-Hitch Stadium

Minutes before Newburgh's home opener, league president Bud Harrelson announced the Black Diamonds would return in 1999, but only if the team built a new stadium.

Diamond clarity

The CIBJO or the International Confederation of Jewellery, Silverware, Diamonds and Stones developed the International Clarity Scale for grading diamonds.

Diamond color

For example, pink diamonds fetched higher prices after Jennifer Lopez received a pink diamond engagement ring.

Diamond cutting

Diamond cutting, as well as overall processing, is concentrated in a few cities around the world: while 80% of rough diamonds are handled in the Antwerp diamond district in Belgium, more than 50% of processed diamonds also pass through there.

Diamond Trading Company

Sorters in London, Kimberley, Windhoek and Gaborone sort these diamonds into approximately 12,000 different categories based on size, shape, quality and colour.

Diamonds International

Diamonds International was founded in 1986 on the island of St Thomas and currently operates 129 stores in Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Costa Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Juneau, Ketchikan, Key West, Mazatlán, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose Del Cabo, Skagway, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Turks & Caicos.

Eddie Feigner

The team was satirized on a 2006 episode of the Fox sitcom King of the Hill entitled "You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)" by a team called The Ace of Diamonds and His Jewels.

Elix Skipper

In December 2005, the Diamonds in the Rough exchanged heated words with Major League Baseball catcher A.J. Pierzynski.

Favourite Things

The single follows the same basic tune of the original song, and focuses on typically expensive and glamorous objects that the women of the group are wanting, such as diamonds, rubies, expensive cars such as Bentleys and designer clothes such as Gucci.

Femizons

Diamondback, former member of the Serpent Society, now a member of BAD Girls, Inc., throws diamonds laced with a variety of chemicals (acid, poison), ex-girlfriend of Captain America.

GCI Universal Gemological Laboratories

The laboratory’s main headquarter is situated right in the heart of the Israel Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, the largest in the world offering the greatest selection of diamonds in the world.

George Augustus Robinson

There is a reference to Robinson in the book "The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie" by Gary Crew and Peter Gouldthorpe, and in Following the Equator, by Mark Twain.

Georgina Bloomberg

Street of Diamonds (Kho de Presle) (* 1998) Selle Français, Mare, Father: Diamant de Semilly, Mother's Father: Fennec

Harry Winston, Inc.

Harry Winston was the first jeweler to loan diamonds to an actress for the Academy Awards, in 1943, influencing red carpet style.

Hattie Winston

She also played many villainess roles versus Spider-Man on the Spidey Super Stories sketches, such as the Fox, the Thumper, the Queen Bee, and the Queen of Diamonds.

Hervé Renoh

Renoh's latest film, Jack of Diamonds, an English-language feature-length TV pilot produced by Muse Entertainment (USA/Canada) Gaumont (France) and ZDF (Germany), aired on Showcase and France2 in 2011.

Jambhala

He sits on a snow lion, although some artists depict him sitting on a dragon, and a mongoose in his left hand spits out precious diamonds and ornaments.

Lydia Lipkowska

In 1912, Lipkowska charged New York gangster Sam Schepps with usury over his refusal to return two diamonds worth $80,000 that she'd pawned to him.

Making Dens

"The Boy Who Ran Away" was released as a single from the album on 27 February 2006, while "Diamonds in the Dark" was released as an EP on 4 September 2006.

Mining industry of the Central African Republic

Production of gold and diamonds, which is mostly artisanal, comes from the regions of Berberati, Haute-Kotto, and Haute-Sangha.

Other companies exploring for diamond included Pangea Diamondfields Plc (Isle of Man), which planned to invest $3.2 million in a bulk sampling plant for its Dimbi (Basse-Kotto) project concession area, and Gem Diamonds Ltd. (UK), which held exploration and mining permits for the Mambéré river project near the city of Berberati.

Ocean Dream Diamond

The Ocean Dream is the first and one of the only natural diamonds known to the GIA to possess a blue-green hue (besides the Ocean Paradise Diamond owned by the Nahshonov Group, found in Brazil in 2012), making it one of the rarest diamonds in the world.

Ocean Paradise Diamond

The Ocean Paradise is the second and one of the only natural diamonds known to the GIA to possess a blue-green hue (the first being the Ocean Dream Diamond owned by the Cora Diamond Corp., found in Central Africa), making it one of the rarest diamonds in the world.

Olga Sosnovska

TV commercials for De Beers diamonds 2004 and Thomasville Furniture (voice-over) 2005

Orapa

Nearby is another kimberlite mine owned by Lucara Diamond, thought to have very large reserves of diamonds.

Partnership Africa Canada

Alan Martin went on to criticise major European banks, such as Barclays, for having investments in some of the Zimbabwe banks involved in the sale of diamonds; saying "By facilitating these transactions, Barclays, Stanbic (Standard Bank) and the IFC are participating in diamond-related violence".

Pedro Marín

He released a new full-length CD, Diamonds, in which he paid tribute to Amanda Lear's disco-era oeuvre with electro cover versions of hits such as "Queen of Chinatown," "Follow Me," "Fashion Pack," and "Enigma," among others.

Pennsylvania Road Warriors

The Lehigh Valley Black Diamonds were originally slated to play at the Lehigh Valley Multi-Purpose Sport Complex, a 6,400-seat, $15 million-dollar ballpark in Williams Township, Pennsylvania.

Phresh Out the Runway

Rihanna performed "Phresh Out the Runway" for the first time at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show alongside "Diamonds", on November 7, 2012.

Rock 'n Roll Volume 2.

Some of his classic recordings include "School Of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Fancy Dan", "Alabama Shake" and "Big Blue Diamonds".

Salekhard

About 5,000 prisoners in two camps near Salekhard were assigned to polish diamonds mined from Mirny.

Slim Thug discography

!scope="row"|"Diamonds" (Remix)
(featuring Young Jeezy, Killa Kyleon & Slick Pulla)

Standard 52-card deck

The United States Playing Card Company suggests that in the past, the King of Hearts was Charlemagne, the King of Diamonds was Julius Caesar, the King of Clubs was Alexander the Great, and the King of Spades was the Biblical King David (see King (playing card)).

Starboy Nathan

Nathan Abraham Lauren Fagan-Gayle (born 2 November 1986, South London), known commercially as Nathan and more recently Starboy Nathan, is an English R&B singer, most famous for his Top 40 singles "Come into My Room" and "Diamonds".

Tansu

Other than using thick iron hardware incorporating a four diamonds motif cut into the drawer handle back plates, ogi-dansu often evidence ships' cabinet joinery, atypical of other tansu not crafted on the Japan Sea coast.

The Sucker

Unknown to Maréchal, Saroyan is the leader of a criminal organization and the Cadillac is filled with drugs, stolen gold and diamonds, including the largest diamond in the World, the Youkounkoun.

Tshilenge District

This is the largest accumulation of diamonds in the world, more concentrated than those at Kimberley, South Africa.


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