Kimberly is a ghost town south of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The town grew up near John Huddleston’s diamond mine. Kimberly had a population of over 2,000 people. Wooden frame houses were built, some were made into stores, and other businesses. A bank, hotel, and other stores were also built here.

Kimberly was founded after John Huddleston found […]

The Oppenheimer Diamond, a nearly perfectly-formed 253.7 carat (50.74 g) yellow diamond crystal, is one of the largest uncut diamonds in the world. It measures approximately 20 × 20 millimeters. It was discovered in the Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberly, South Africa in 1964. Harry Winston acquired the stone and presented it to the Smithsonian […]

Henri Lemoine (fl. 1905–1908) was a French fraudster who claimed to be able to produce synthetic diamonds.

In 1905 Lemoine contacted Sir Julius Wernher, British banker and one of the governors of De Beers Diamond Mines. He said he had discovered a process to produce gem-sized diamonds from coal and agreed to sell his invention if […]

The Luarica diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 38 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 32 percent ownership.

In 2004, the Luarica mine produced about 95,000 carats (19 kg) of diamond from over 632,000 […]

No Presents for Christmas is a single by King Diamond released on December 25th 1985. Both songs found of the single can be found on the re-issue of King Diamond’s debut album Fatal Portrait.

Track listing

“No Presents for Christmas” – 4:20

“Charon” – 4:10

In contract bridge, the trump squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze. (Squeezes are techniques in this game to gain extra tricks.)

In a trump squeeze, declarer has a suit that can be established by ruffing, but the defender being squeezed is guarding that suit. However, if he happens to also guard another suit, […]

The Three Aces is a card trick where the magician places the Ace of Diamonds in the middle of the deck, and the two black Aces (Spades and Clubs) on the top and bottom of the deck. The deck is cut, and all three aces are found together in the middle of the deck.

Method
The […]

The Family Ghost is a single by the heavy metal band King Diamond. This single is taken from the album Abigail and contains the track Shrine not released on the original release of the album. It was later included on the re-issue.

Track listing

“Family Ghost” – 4:05

“Shrine” – 4:23

The Best of King Diamond is a compilation album by the heavy metal band King Diamond.

Track listing

“The Candle” – 6:42

“Charon” – 4:17

“Halloween” – 4:15

“No Presents for Christmas” – 4:22

“Arrival” – 5:26

“A Mansion in Darkness” – 4:35

“The Family Ghost” – 4:08

“Abigail” – 4:52

“Welcome Home” – 4:37

“The Invisible Guests” – 5:04

“Tea” – 5:15

“At the Graves” – 8:57

“Sleepless […]

Bort or boart is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of gem-grade/quality diamonds. In the manufacturing and heavy industries, “bort” is used to describe dark, imperfectly formed/crystallized diamonds of varying levels of opacity. The lowest grade, “crushing bort”, is crushed by steel mortars and used to make industrial-grade abrasive […]

End of Fashion is Australian band End of Fashion’s debut album. It was released in Australia on August 152005, reached #3 in the Australian ARIA Album Charts and was certified gold. It features the single O Yeah, which reached #21 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts.

It also features re-recorded versions of previously […]

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

Carbonado, commonly known as the ‘Black Diamond,’ is a natural polycrystalline diamond found in alluvial deposits in the Central African Republic and Brazil. Its natural color is black or dark gray, and it is more porous than other diamonds.

Unusual properties
Unlike other natural polycrystalline diamonds, carbonado has no mantle-derived inclusions and its carbon isotope value is […]

Imagem is a data and technology company which manufactures diamond grading equipment which aims to aid in automating laboratory grading of gem quality diamonds. Up to now, the grading of diamonds has been always performed by trained gemologists.

An ImaGem owned and operated demonstration lab is in business in Surat, India.
Commercial installation have been made […]

Fire watch may refer to several things:

Fire watch, the act of watching for the occurrence of fires. This is usually done with the intent of detecting fires early so that they can be extinguished quickly and damage to land and/or property can be prevented or minimalized. Fire watches are often employed in forested areas where […]