The field test for diamond is extreme hardness. If you are not equipped to perform this test, a local jeweler can attach a probe to your stone, to determine whether or not it is a diamond.
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'Regular diamonds' are diamonds described without colour. 'Chocolate diamonds' are brown diamonds that include a description of the colour.
From their Web site: "The Kimberley Process (KP) is a joint governments, industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The trade in these illicit stones has fuelled decades of devastating conflicts in countries such as Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone. "The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) imposes extensive requirements on its members to enable them to certify shipments of rough diamonds as 'conflict-free'. As of November 2008, the KP has 49 members, representing 75 countries, with the European Community and its Member States counting as an individual participant."
Brown diamonds are not rare, but diamonds are rare.
Nothing. Only other diamonds can cut diamonds.
Rough Diamonds was created in 1981-03.
Uncut diamonds that come from within the earth can have rough edges. Sometimes they are called 'rough' diamonds: more commonly raw diamonds, because they have not been cut and polished into gemstones.
When mined or found, uncut diamonds are called rough or raw diamonds.
Rough Diamonds - 1995 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG
Rough diamonds are weighed in carats. One carat equals .20 grammes.
Avenged Sevenfold's CD Diamonds in the Rough was released in 2008.
Your answer depends on the country you are travelling to, the quantity of rough diamonds and their condition. If you're wearing a necklace you purchased before leaving home that includes rough diamonds, you may not be obligated to pay duty on it when you return to your home country.
The cast of Diamonds in the Rough - 1936 includes: The Diamond Brothers as Themselves The Three Reasons as Themselves
Behind Mansion Walls - 2011 Rough Diamonds was released on: USA: August 2013
Rough diamonds can be separated from the surrounding materials by water, by tumbling or by crushing. This is the first step in processing mine materials containing diamonds. You can read more about these processes, below.
You can purchase Diamonds in the Rough by Avenged Sevenfold at almost any music store. Most Best Buys will have it, and you can also purchase it online.
when diamonds come out of the ground they are rough and not as pretty as in jewelery stores