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Blue Diamond

Blue Diamond may refer to:

A blue diamond, the most famous example being the Hope Diamond

The Blue Diamond, the name assigned in 1954 to the air demonstration unit of the Philippine Air Force. In 1960, this was changed to The Blue Diamonds.

Blue Diamond, Nevada, a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, […]

Ghost of a Rose

Ghost of a Rose is an album released in 2003 by Blackmore’s Night.

Track listing

“Way to Mandalay” – 6:27

“Three Black Crows” – 3:43

“Diamonds and Rust” – 4:54 (Cover of Joan Baez song “Diamonds & Rust”)

“Cartouche” – 3:48

“Queen for a Day” (Part 1) – 3:05

“Queen for a Day” (Part 2) – 1:36

“Ivory Tower” – 4:24

“Nur eine Minute” […]

Fatal Portrait

Fatal Portrait is the debut album by the heavy metal band King Diamond. The album was released in 1986 on Roadrunner Records.

Track listing
Lyrics by King Diamond. Music credits indicated as such.

“The Candle” – 6:38 (Diamond)

“The Jonah” – 5:15 (Diamond)

“The Portrait” – 5:06 (Diamond)

“Dressed in White” – 3:09 (Diamond)

“Charon” – 4:14 (Diamond - Denner)

“Lurking in […]

One-eyed royals

The phrase one-eyed royals is poker jargon referring to the Jack of Spades, Jack of Hearts and King of Diamonds. The terminology results from the depiction of the royal on the card being in profile, resulting in only one eye being visible.

Frequently used in home games of draw poker as wilds because these three cards […]

Millennium Star

The Millennium Star is a famous diamond owned by De Beers. At 203.04 carats (40.608 g), the world’s second largest known top-color (D), internally and externally flawless, pear-shaped diamond.

The diamond was discovered in the Mbuji-Mayi district of Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1990 in alluvial deposits; uncut, it was 777 carats (155.4 g). It was purchased […]

Asscher Brothers

The Asscher brothers, Abraham and Joseph Asscher, ran the Royal Asscher Diamond Company, which was founded in 1854 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Asscher Diamond Factory still stands at Tolstraat 127.

The brothers developed the Asscher cut diamond in 1902. This is a square emerald cut with cropped corners. It was very popular […]

Four-color deck

A four-color deck is identical to the standard Anglo-American playing cards except for the color of the suits. In a typical four-color deck, hearts are red and spades are black as usual, but clubs are green and diamonds are blue. However, other color combinations have been used over the centuries.

Four color decks are not […]

Chopard Diamond award

The Chopard Diamond award (or simply the Diamond award) is given by the World Music Awards to artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. This award is occasionally confused with the previously created RIAA certification of “Diamond”, which represents the sale of over ten million copies of an album and […]

Ocean Dream Diamond

The Ocean Dream is a diamond measuring 5.51 carats (1.102 g), rated in color as Fancy Deep Blue-Green by the Gemological Institute of America. The Ocean Dream is the only natural diamond known to the GIA to possess a blue-green hue, making it one of the rarest diamonds in the world. (A blue-green […]

Dresden Green Diamond

The Dresden Green diamond is a 41 carat (8.2 g) natural green diamond that has a historical record dating to 1722, when a London news-sheet carried an article about it in its 25 October-27th edition.

It is named after the capital of Saxony, Germany where it has been on display for most of the last two […]

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring was a Joan Baez album, recorded live in the bullring of Bilbao, Spain. The album featured twelve songs, six of which were performed in English, five in Spanish, and one - “Txoria Txori” - in Basque. Most of the songs had been performed and recorded by Baez […]

Crown of Queen Adelaide

The Crown of Queen Adelaide was the consort crown of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife and Queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom. It was used at the coronation of William and Adelaide in 1831. It was emptied of its jewels soon afterwards, was not worn again by Queen Adelaide, and has never […]

Diamonds and Pearls (song)

“Diamonds and Pearls” is the title track to Prince and the New Power Generation’s 1991 hit album. The song is an upbeat ballad, given a rock and roll edge with guitar and heavy drumming. The song also features the powerful vocals of NPG member Rosie Gaines. The ballad is an expression of love and not […]

In Concert 1987: Abigail

In Concert 1987: Abigail is a live album by King Diamond which was recorded in 1987 but released in 1990.

Track listing
Lyrics by King Diamond. Music credits indicated as such.

“Funeral” (Diamond) – 1:55

“Arrival” (Diamond) – 5:47

“Come to the Sabbath” (Diamond) – 5:43

“The […]

Crime Watch

Crime watch may refer to:

Crime watch or neighborhood watch, a citizens’ organization devoted to crime prevention within a neighborhood

Neighbourhood Watch (UK), neighbourhood watch in the UK

Crimewatch UK, a British television show