DIAMONDS

(See also Gems; Jewelry; Jewels)

ants reveal cache of: g68 8/22 30

artificial:

largest: g77 10/22 31

as an investment: g85 9/22 13

Brazil: g80 7/8 26; g53 7/8 22

carat: g63 2/22 25

cartel: g85 9/22 12-13

discovery: g72 5/8 31; g67 12/8 30-31; g61 2/8 31; g61 11/22 18

discussion: g85 9/22 11-13; g74 7/22 24-26; ad 448-449; g69 3/8 20-23; g62 8/22 21-22; g48 12/8 14-15

effect on, when under extreme pressure: g78 6/8 30

‘finest in world’: g79 2/8 30

folklore regarding: g85 9/22 11

formation: g65 3/8 19

fraud regarding deep-yellow color: g78 11/8 30

Great Star of Africa: g53 9/22 19

hardness: g79 7/8 22

history of man’s use: g39 5/3 8

improvement: g72 7/8 29

industrial: g85 9/22 11-12

mining: g74 7/22 25-26; g63 1/22 30; g63 5/22 29

principal sources: g85 9/22 12-13

promotion: g85 9/22 12

“rush” in Liberia: g58 5/22 21-23

South Africa: g33 2/15 306

South-West Africa (Namibia):

Namib Desert: g82 11/22 25

status symbol: g85 9/22 12

United States:

finds in: g79 7/8 20

uses: g69 9/22 22