As 2014 (quickly!) comes to an end, we’ve got our sights set eagerly on 2015. But we also don’t want to neglect these last, magical weeks of the year. So we do want to wrap up our 2014 with some reflection, review, and plenty of sparkle. And normally we reserve all of our “best of”…
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The discovery of two 106 CT diamonds in Lesotho, South Africa is presumably one of the most exceptional discoveries that have ever happened in time. Gem diamond, a miner based in London, made the discovery sometime towards the end of January, and reports on the description of the diamonds indicate that they are in a…
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Imagine pit mining diamonds among the bare mountains of the southernmost tip of Africa. A hot sun blazes overhead in a blue, cloudless sky. The mine is surrounded by heavy machinery and hydraulic pumps. Miners sift through the ore and rubble of a volcanic blast that happened over 100 million years ago. Among the rubble…
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