The park staff is trained to identify rough diamonds, but not to appraise a rough diamond's worth. A diamond's appraisal, either in the stone's rough form, or later after it has been cut and polished, must be done elsewhere.

Israel's total net polished diamond exports increased 23.5% in 2011 over 2010, reaching US$7.2 billion. Net exports of rough diamonds rose 14.9% for the year to US$3.5 billion. Net imports of polished diamonds in 2011 jumped 34.7% to US$5.7 billion ...

Nine Armenian diamond manufacturers purchased US$43 million worth of rough diamonds from Russian mining conglomerate Alrosa in 2011, compared to US$25 million in 2010, reports Interfax, citing Armenia's First Deputy Economic Minister, Karine Minasyan.

By Charles Thomson THE London Bus Theatre Company is looking for diamonds in the rough to join its new drama club. The company has been given £9535 in Lottery funding to start a monthly drama club on Canvey Island. The company specialises in ...

... decreased while bidders paid mid- to high-single digit more for the rest. IDEX Online will next week publish a full analysis of the current cycle of the rough diamond market, including prices, premiums and demands for goods from the leading suppliers.

In the middle of a massive pile of review CDs, most of them too dull to mention, I found what looked like a home-made rough diamond of a disc and immediately found it was the best thing I heard that week. Investigating a little further turned up the ...

Measuring 10cm x 6cm x 5cm, it remains the largest rough diamond ever to have been found and was named the Cullinan Diamond after the owner of the mine, Sir Thomas Cullinan. The stone was bought by the Transvaal government for £150000 (Wells received ...

Cutting: The shaping of the rough diamond into a polished gem. Regardless of the shape, the cut of any diamond is evaluated based on the precision that goes into the cutting, including the proportioning, symmetry, polish and many other factors.

Simon MacDermott is pictured with Caqui D'Or (by Danehill), an ex racehorse who was featured in the RTE TV series rough diamond. According to a local horse master from Dunlavin - ?A hell of a lot of the horses that fought in the war came from Kildare?.

Having hosted its first online auction of rough diamonds, Surat rough diamond Sourcing India Limited (SRDSIL) paved the way of its focus, which was to make diamonds directly sourced from mining countries, available to diamantaires.