Conflict diamonds or 'blood diamonds -- have a history in Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. Each has a history of funding civil war or other mayhem using diamonds as far back as the 1980s.
You can read more about each country's history with conflict diamonds, below.
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A conflict diamond refers to diamonds that are found in a war zone usually as a result of slavery or thievery. Another name for a conflict diamond is a blood diamond because much blood is usually shed to gain access to the diamond.
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The provenance of a conflict diamond will be clouded, unclear and usually illegal. A Kimberly Process certified diamond shows the stone's origin and its documented journey from mine to broker. Otherwise, a diamond is a diamond is a diamond.
Regardless of the retailer, when you purchase a diamond, you can ask for a Kimberly Certified diamond, which attempts to protect you from buying a conflict or blood diamond.
You can require a certificate from the Kimberley Process that covers a stone, which indicates that the stone is not a conflict diamond.You can read more about the Kimberley Process, below.
Conflict diamonds are usually mined by people digging in the soil.
This area is just one part of our conflict diamond selection.
A conflict diamond is a blood diamond and they come from Angola, Liberia, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo
Conflict Diamonds are also known as Blood Diamonds because they come from the most controlled and conflicted ares of the world. It is unclear as to what the most famous conflict diamond in history is.
If you demand a Kimberly Certificate for any diamond that you're buying, you'll be spending your money in the legitimate diamond industry, and not giving money to terrorists and criminals by purchasing a conflict or blood diamond.
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