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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 been worn since.
Since the 1690s English and British queens consort had been crowned with the Crown of Mary of Modena, first made for the wife of King James II. However criticism of the continued use of this crown had mounted, for reasons of age, size, state of repair and because it was seen to be too theatrical and undignified. In the preparations for the coronation in 1831 it was ruled that the Modena crown was “unfit for Her Majesty’s use”. Plans were made for the creation of a new consort crown.
The new crown following British crown tradition in having four half arches, meeting a globe, on top of which sat a cross. The Queen had objected to the standard practice of hiring diamonds and jewels for a crown prior to its use. Instead diamonds from her own private jewellery were installed in her new crown. Following the coronation, the diamonds were all removed, and the crown stored as a shell.
Since Queen Adelaide, all British queens consort have had their own special consort crown made for them, rather than wearing the crowns of any of their predecessors. Later consort crowns were made for Alexandra of Denmark (1902), Mary of Teck (1911) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937).
- Anne Keay, The Crown Jewels (Historic Royal Palaces, 2002) p.58.
“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 lust, as is the theme on the some of the other singles from the album. The song was Top 10 hit, reaching #3 in the U.S., and the top spot on the R&B charts.
The B-side is a mix of excerpts of other Diamonds and Pearls tracks that serves to promote the album. There was no extended version of the song released. The U.K. B-side included some of the mixes on the “Cream” maxi-single.
- “Diamonds and Pearls” (LP Version) – (4:45)
- “Q In Doubt” – (4:00)
- “Diamonds and Pearls” (Edit) – (4:20)
- “X-cerpts from the Songs: Thunder, Daddy Pop, Strollin’, Money Don’t Matter 2 Night, Push, Live 4 Love” – (5:04)
- “Diamonds and Pearls” (LP Version) – (4:45)
- “Housebangers” – (4:23)
- “Cream” (N.P.G. Mix) – (5:47)
- “Things Have Gotta Change” {Tony M. Rap) – (3:57)
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- “Diamonds and Pearls” (LP Version) – (4:45)
- “2 the Wire” (Creamy Instrumental) – (3:13)
- “Do Your Dance” (KC’s Remix) – (5:58)
In Concert 1987: Abigail is a live album by King Diamond which was recorded in 1987 but released in 1990.
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 Family Ghost” (Diamond) – 4:25
- “The 7th Day of July 1777″ (Diamond) – 4:26
- “The Portrait” (King Diamond) – 4:46
- “Guitar Solo Andy” (LaRocque) – 3:35
- “The Possession” (Denner - Diamond) – 3:52
- “Abigail” (Diamond) – 4:28
- “Drum Solo” (Dee) – 3:25
- “The Candle” (Diamond) – 6:01
- “No Presents for Christmas” (Denner - Diamond) – 4:23
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
Rising Up is a recording by Diamond Head released in the winter of 1992.
- “Feels Good”
- “Can’t Help Myself”
- “Rising Up”
- “Kiss of Fire”
- “Calling Your Name”
- “Wild on the Streets”
Diamond Drilling is a highly specialized industry used for mineral exploration around the world. Most commonly using wireline and core bits with diamond encrusted matrix. To drill holes to max depths of twelve thousand feet, for the recovery of core used in verifying mineral deposits. Such as gold, copper, lead, zinc, and diamonds. Drilling can take place underground and on surface; surface using either skid or fly type rigs.
Core drilling is used mainly in construction and controlled demolition. It entails a professional using a drilling motor with a diamond tipped coring bit to drill through concrete, steel and other such hard and robust materials used in construction.
In music theory, the n-limit tonality diamond is the set of rational numbers r, <math>1 \le r < 2</math>, such that the odd part of both the numerator and the denominator of r, when reduced to lowest terms, is less than or equal to the fixed odd number n. Equivalently, the diamond may be considered as a set of pitch classes, where a pitch class is an equivalence class of pitches under octave equivalence. The tonality diamond is often regarded as comprising the set of consonances of the n-limit. Although originally invented by Max Meyer, the tonality diamond is now most associated with Harry Partch.
Partch arranged the elements of the tonality diamond in the shape of a rhombus, which we can take to be a square, skew-oriented so that the sides are at 45 degrees to the horizontal, and subdivided into (n+1)2/4 smaller squares, in chessboard style, and hence the name. Along upper left side of the rhombus we place the odd numbers from 1 to n, reduced to the octave, inside the board squares. Along the lower left side we place the corresponding reciprocals, 1 to 1/n, reduced to the octave. At all the other board squares we place the product, reduced to the octave. This gives all the elements of the tonality diamond, with some repetition. All the diagonals sloping in one direction form otonalities and the diagonals in the other direction form utonalities. Harry Partch created an instrument, the diamond marimba, which is laid out as a tonality diamond and which has proven rather popular.
7-limit tonality diamond
7/4
3/2 7/5
5/4 6/5 7/6
1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
8/5 5/3 12/7
4/3 10/7
8/7
15-limit tonality diamond
15/8
7/4 5/3
13/8 14/9 3/2
3/2 13/9 7/5 15/11
11/8 4/3 13/10 14/11 5/4
5/4 11/9 6/5 13/11 7/6 15/13
9/8 10/9 11/10 12/11 13/12 14/13 15/14
1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
16/9 9/5 20/11 11/6 24/13 13/7 28/15
8/5 18/11 5/3 22/13 12/7 26/15
16/11 3/2 20/13 11/7 8/5
4/3 18/13 10/7 22/15
16/13 9/7 4/3
8/7 6/5
16/15
Geometry of the tonality diamond
The five and seven limit tonality diamonds can be viewed as having a highly regular geometry within the modulatory space which makes all the non-unison elements of the diamond at a distance of one unit from the unison. The five-limit diamond then becomes a regular hexagon surrounding the unison, and the seven-limit diamond a cuboctahedron surrounding the unison.
If φ(n) is Euler’s totient function, which gives the number of positive integers less than n and relatively prime to n, that is, it counts the integers less than n which share no common factor with n, and if d(n) denotes the size of the n-limit tonality diamond, we have the formula
- <math> d(n) = \sum_{m<n \ odd} \phi(m).</math>
From this we can conclude that the rate of growth of the tonality diamond is asymptotically equal to <math> \frac{2}{\pi^2} n^2 </math>. The first few values are the important ones, and the fact that the size of the diamond grows as the square of the size of the odd limit tells us that it becomes large fairly quickly. There are seven members to the 5-limit diamond, 13 to the 7-limit diamond, 19 to the 9-limit diamond, 29 to the 11-limit diamond, 41 to the 13-limit diamond, and 49 to the 15-limit diamond; these suffice for most purposes.
A Tiffany mount or Tiffany setting is a set of prongs (called a claw, crown, or coronet) that hold a gemstone and attach it to a plain band ring. It is the most common setting for a diamond solitaire engagement ring. It is named after Tiffany & Co., which popularized it.
It is inexpensive and easy to re-use, so most jewelers will accept returns of this setting and re-set the diamond in a different ring more to the bride-to-be’s liking. (This is most often done just before getting married, to move the diamond into a wedding set of wedding band and engagement ring that are matched and often locked together.)
The Tiffany mount also shows off the diamond and may maximize its radiance. Quality settings do not snag on clothing, as the prongs are firmly attached to the diamond and well finished.
Diamond Valley is a basin located in central Nevada in the western United States, between the Sulpher Spring Range and the Diamond Mountains. The valley is located almost entirely within Eureka County, but the northern end crosses into Elko County. The valley is up to 12 miles wide and over 45 miles long. The town of Eureka lies at the southern end of the valley, while the northern end is home to an alkali flat. Several small lakes are located in the western part of the valley near Sadler Brown Road.
Diamond plate can refer to:
- A type of whetsone : Sharpening_stone#Diamond_plate
- Steel (or other metal) plate inset with a diamond shaped pattern. Such a material is often used for non-slip surfaces, such as on boarding steps for trucks, metal staircases etc, as well as having a decorative role - such as aluminium briefcases with a diamond pattern
Charles E. (Chuck) Fipke is a former prospector who discovered the existence of diamonds around Lac de Gras in Canada’s Northwest Territories. He is now a multimillionaire diamond magnate, described as “near-sighted, goateed, short and tough as an oak stump, his speech jolted by a stutter and a hair-trigger laugh”Krajick, K.: “Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic”, 2001, ISBN 0-7167-4026-5..
Fipke was born in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1970, he graduated from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geology.
Fipke, called, “Stumpy” and “Captain Chaos” by employees, had made finding diamonds in the north of Canada his singular goal since their discovery in late 1970s. A joint venture between Fipke’s Dia Met Minerals and BHP-Utah in the 1980s and 1990s culminated in the establishment of Canada’s first diamond mine, Ekati Diamond Mine, in 1998. Fipke and partner Stu Blusson each own 10% of Ekati.
Fipke was divorced by his wife Marlene, who had been with him since he began searching for the diamonds. This divorce at the time was Canada’s largest divorce settlement with her portion of the assets estimated to be approximately C$123.1 million.
In 2006, Fipke donated C$6 million to the University of British Columbia to support the creation of a centre for innovative research.Charles E. Fipke Foundation Gives $6 Million
Alldays is a small town in the Limpopo province of South Africa that serves a large area of private game and hunting farms. Population is 1,813.
The Venetia Diamond Mine is situated close to Alldays, located within the 360 square kilometre Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve. It is one of De Beers’ six remaining diamond mines in South Africa and the only major diamond mine to be developed in the country during the past 25 years.
Dave Chavarri (born, Lima,Peru in 1967) is the current Ill Niño drummer, he has also played with Laaz Rockit, Merauder, Pro-Pain, M.O.D., Soulfly among others.He is also a huge fan of King Diamond and was happy to take part in the Roadrunner United track “In the Fire” along side King Diamond.
The Letlhakane diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 190 kilometers (120 miles) west of the city of Francistown. Letlhakane, meaning “little reeds”, is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana. It is the second oldest of four mines operated by the company, having begun operations in 1975.
Letlhakane is of open pit construction. The mine produces 3.6 million tons per year of ore and an additional 15 million tons per year of waste rock. In 2003, the Letlhakane mine produced 1.06 million carats (212 kg) of diamond. The recoverable ore grade at the mine is about 0.26 carats (52 mg) per ton. As of 2005, known reserves will allow production at current levels to continue for 11 years. The ore produced at Letlhakane is processed at a processing plant at its sister mine, Orapa diamond mine, about 50 km (30 miles) distant. The Letlhakane mine is also managed from the Orapa mine.
The Four Diamonds Fund is a charitable organization based out of Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Its ultimate objective is to “conquer childhood cancer”. They take a three-pronged approach to this: medical care, financial and emotional support, and pediatric cancer research. Any child being treated for pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey is eligible for support, and the Fund’s policy is to fully cover all medical costs not paid by insurance. Essentially, families never see a bill. They have helped nearly 2,000 families since 1972 and approximately 90 new families receive support each year. These efforts are partially funded by THON, an annual student-run philanthropy at Penn State.
The Four Diamonds Fund was established in 1972 by Charles and Irma Millard following the death of their son Chris from pediatric cancer. The name refers to a story written by Chris shortly before succumbing to the disease at the age of 14. After returning from summer vacation, his teacher told Chris’ class to write a story about what they did during their vacation. Chris had spent the summer being treated for his illness, and asked his teacher if he could write something else, to which she agreed. The Four Diamonds story relates the details of the quest of Sir Millard to retrieve the Four Diamonds of Courage, Wisdom, Honesty, and Strength. These were virtues Chris believed were necessary in the battle against cancer.
A Disney TV movie based on the Four Diamonds story was broadcast in 1995, starring Tom Guiry as Chris. Christine Lahti co-starred as his doctor (and the sorceress Raptenahad), Kevin Dunn as Charles Millard (and a mysterious wizard), and Jayne Brook as Irma Millard (and a beautiful hermit).
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