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Sunday 31st January 2010
Large HPHT-Treated Type IIb Blue Diamond
The New York laboratory recently tested one of the largest HPHT-treated type IIb diamonds we have seen to date. The 6.46 ct pear-shaped diamond was color graded Fancy Intense blue, with no gray or brown modifying hues. The clarity was internally flawless (IF), with none of the internal ...
Sunday 31st January 2010
The Historic Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff Blue Diamonds: Cut from the Same Crystal?
Blue diamonds are some of the rarest and most intriguing of gemstones. The recent reappearance of the Wittelsbach Blue diamond - now the Wittelsbach-Graff, recut from 35.56 to 31.06 ct to improve its clarity and color appearance - has rekindled interest in these two diamonds. On January...
Thursday 28th January 2010
Actor finds ingenious way to propose to girlfrien
British actor David Walliams, the star of the BBC series ‘Little Britain’ and was the voice of Bulgy Bear in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia,’ movie came up an ingenious culinary method to propose to his girlfriend, model Lara Stone.
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Friday 22nd January 2010
Ultra-Luxurious Diamond Encrusted Nokia on Sale for $160K
Goldstriker International has unveiled a new cell phone for the luxury sect. Dubbed the “Nokia Supreme,” the device is encrusted with 12.5 carats of pink diamonds, 1,225 individually set gems and a 3-carat navigational button centerpiece.
The jeweled ...