Diamonds are used to cut other diamonds, since no other substance is hard enough to cut a diamond, except a diamond.
You could find stories related to this phenomenon in India, and Antwerp, where most diamonds are cut and polished.
You can read a chapter from Edward J Epstein's online book, below, where there are stories of diamond cutting.
The Hope diamond, a huge bluish diamond, now belonging to the Smithsonian in one example of a gemstone with a legend of a curse. The are several other diamonds with stories of curses such as the Koh-i-Noor Diamond and the Black Orlov. (see the related links)
lord Krishna was not a story.
in a jewelry store
gold coin and coin of some stories related with them
The archives of the Neopian Times have some stories with recipes. (See Related Links). thedailyneopets.com neonewsnow.com jellyneo.net
A lot of stories are dutch related and it totally depends on your taste which one you will like. However, a must-read (I think) is Max Havelaar. Read about it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Havelaar
See related links for some good fanfiction websites.
Fanfiction sites:Fanfiction.netMediaminer.orgLivejournal communitiesFanlib(some) DeviantArt.comCheck out the sites in the "related links"~
Sure, some similes from "The Land of Stories" could be "as fierce as a dragon," "as bright as a shooting star," or "as fast as the wind."
In the related links box below, I posted the information.
'Society' could purchase diamonds with certificates from the Kimberley Process, or from some other authentic procedure to insure that the diamond being purchased is not a blood diamond.
There could be some.