They would appear different under x-ray.
Yes, you typically retrieve your checked bags before going through customs.
When you bring loose diamonds into Canada, it is imperative that you declare them to the customs officers when you enter the country.
Yes, during a layover you typically have to retrieve your luggage and go through customs before continuing on to your final destination.
Diamaonds are mined from the earth as they are a natural resource. The work is done by people called miners.
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From HM Revenue & Customs site, below: "With effect from 1 February 2003 the UK along with the rest of the European Community will be introducing the Kimberley Process." In sum, this means that conflict diamonds are not allowed past UK customs.
Sugar can be retrieved from a sugar solution through a process called evaporation. The solution is heated to allow the water to evaporate, leaving behind the sugar crystals. The sugar crystals can then be collected and dried to obtain pure sugar.
Yes, you can retrieve your checked bag during a layover if you have a long enough layover and your airline allows it. You will need to go through customs and security again before your next flight.
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Gem-quality diamonds -- for their relative size and value: small and high -- are easy to conceal and carry from place to place, especially across borders, so as to elude customs and declarations.
Since diamonds are radio-lucent in their molecular stricture, no x-ray machine can capture an image of diamonds. If, however, you do not declare diamonds being imported into a country -- or exported from a country, and they are discovered in your possessions, you will be subject to customs penalties by airport personnel.