I discussed the matter with my office mates, who were as hard up as we were ... have asked me to get things for them. One wants a 13-carat diamond. He will give one lakh per carat with 25 percent ...

The gem then found its way to Europe. By the 1400s, the stone further cemented itself as a symbol of elite status. The Hope diamond was mined in India and later was sold to King Louis XIV of ...

In general, mineral ... why diamond is the hardest mineral and graphite (used in pencil lead) is one of the softest. Rubies are formed of a mineral called corundum, comprised of aluminum oxide.

Dawn "Sis" Monroe, owner of Sis’ Sweets Cookies & Café, believes her diamond may have fallen into some dough while she was baking on Friday, April 5 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and ...

shows Bob how to split a piece of granite that is too large and heavy to use as is. Using a hammer drill, he drills a series of 4 holes about 2 1/2 to 3 inches deep in the stone, all lined up in ...

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It’s been three months since Mwanza last found a diamond, and his debts—for food, for medicine for his father—are piling up. A large stone ... But the hard truth is that years after the ...

In the pendant surrounding the Hope Diamond are 16 white diamonds, both pear-shapes and cushion cuts. A bail is soldered to the pendant where Mrs. McLean would often attach other diamonds including ...

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Owners accumulated the seemingly indestructible diamond pebbles, as found in their unpolished natural state, as talismans against defeat and symbols of their own "manly" virtues, without ever ...