Hollywood and Jewelry in the news: The necklace that Joan Rivers wore for the post-Oscar 2004 party is now creating ripples in the city.

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Designed by New York-based Lili Chu for Rosy Blue, the Tamarine, a nomenclature inspired by the tamarind tree, is crafted with natural coloured diamonds. It costs a cool $1 million and is on show at the Orra showroom at Greater Kailash M Block market for three days.
Rosy Blue lent an 18-carat white gold collar necklace encrusted with 1,308 diamonds titled ‘Satine’ to Nicole Kidman for Moulin Rouge in the dramatic scene when the duke is trying to woo the courtesan.

Diamonds in the news: For large players like us the policy is neutral: Classic Diamonds

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Commenting on the Foreign Trade Policy, Nirav Bhansali, Director, Classic Diamonds (India) Ltd, said, "The package announced for the Gems & Jewellery sector will benefit jewellery manufacturers located outside the bonded area (SEEPZ). For large players like us the policy is neutral. The reduction in transactional costs and increase in the validity of licences is definitely welcome".
Bhansali added, "The Gems & Jewellery sector is one the largest foreign exchange earner for the country and with the announcement of this policy the government has reinforced it’s commitment to boosting the Gems & Jewellery exports".

Diamond Stocks in the news: CMKM Diamonds the subject of aborted radio debate

This is an interesting article about Pink Sheet Stock promotion and the diamond stock called CMKM Diamonds...

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CMKM Diamonds Inc., a sub-penny pink sheet promotion headed by Saskatchewan native Urban Casavant, was to be the topic of debate during a Sept. 21 half-hour Christian radio program called Prosperity for God's People. Stock tout Ed Miller of the Green Baron was scheduled to square off against a critic of the CMKM promotion, Hartley Bernstein of Stock Patrol. The ballyhooed debate bombed when Mr. Bernstein bowed out early.
Evidently Mr. Bernstein was unexpectedly travelling when the live radio program went to air and a poor telephone connection prompted his early departure from the debate. News of that development was greeted with a mixture of delight and derision among CMKM's faithful followers, many of whom label Mr. Bernstein a "basher."
The word "basher" is a popular, if nebulous, term bandied about regularly on Internet chat sites. At the frequently used extreme, anyone with the temerity to raise concerns or ask critical questions about a stock runs the risk of being labelled a basher.
Given Mr. Bernstein's very brief participation, Prosperity for God's People was pretty much basher free on Sept. 21. Pastor DeWayne Reeves, host of the program, and his stock tout guest, Mr. Miller, fill

Diamonds in the news: From the Kalahari to Malibu

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With NPR's Alex Chadwick, they take a break from their mission to hike the Santa Monica Mountains -- a mostly arid coastal range with winding trails leading down to idyllic beaches.
Sesana's people have lived for thousands of years in an area that is now dubbed the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. In the last several years, most of the people living there have been moved outside the boundaries of the reserve -- voluntarily, the government says.
Botswana's ambassador to the United States, Lapologang Ceasar Lekoa, tells Chadwick that the estimated 2,000 Bushmen remaining in the enormous region had already given up their traditional nomadic ways and were living in settlements, which are not allowed in the reserve. Also, Lekoa says, the Bushmen hunt with guns now and chase game with trucks and dogs. Modern Bushmen would overwhelm the Kalahari's fragile ecology.
But Bushmen dispute those accusations -- they say their culture has survived so long precisely because they are careful hunters, who live in balance with the Kalahari. The U.S. State Department's report on Botswana's human rights practices, released Feb. 24, 2004, states Botswana's government forcibly resettled the Bushmen from their ancestral lands.
Human rights groups say Botswana is more interested in diamond deposits in the

Jewelry in the news: Rockland jewelers make convertible jewelry.

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"Transformers" action figures, a huge hit in the 1980s, were a two-for-one toy. The small plastic figures started out as trucks, police cruisers and race cars, and with some maneuvering could be transformed into robots.
Think of convertible jewelry as "Transformers" for adults.
Last Tuesday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for "Convertible pendant jewelry" to Rockland residents William Molino, Mike Buryakov and Igor Dranovsky. Molino and Buryakov are partners in a Pomona jewelry store, Molino Jewelers.
Molino and Buryakov (Dranovsky is no longer part of the business) have developed and now sell about 12 different convertible pendants, which hang on chains. One pendant begins as two interlocked horseshoes. Open up the small hinged pieces and you have a new design that looks like two crisscrossed lines.
Other pendants start as a heart, a Star of David and a cross, then transform to other, more linear designs. The pendants range in price from $350 to $799.
"In the jewelry business, it's very hard to invent something new," said Buryakov, 49, a New City resident. "With this idea, you can make a thousand different designs. You can open almost anything."

Diamonds in the news: Kensington Resources Ltd.: Aggressive 2004 Drilling Program Commences at Fort a la Corne

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The Joint Venture partners have revised their project strategy of focusing on individual kimberlite bodies exclusively. The central thrust of the strategy is now to define higher-grade zones in a number of bodies with the objective of delineating a collective 80-100 million carats in-ground. The objective of the 2004 program is to further advance the understanding of the geology and diamond content of several adjacent, large kimberlites within the central Fort a la Corne cluster

Diamonds in the news: ANDRE LOUW APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF DIAMOND CORE.

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Andre Louw has accepted the position of independent, non-executive chairman of Diamond Core Resources Limited with effect from the next annual general meeting of shareholders. Louw, who graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in 1973 with an honours degree in geology and started his career as an exploration geologist at the Okiep Copper Company and BP Minerals obtaining an MBA in 1986, worked as a mining analyst at Sanlam from 1987 to 1991.

Diamonds in the news: Govt concessions sought for Argyle diamond mine.

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Business and civic leaders in the East Kimberley are urging the Western Australian Government to give serious consideration to royalty concessions for the Argyle diamond mine - the region's biggest employer.
Mining company Rio Tinto has asked for tax reductions or cheaper water to make its planned underground expansion viable.
The current mine at Argyle will come to an end in 2008.
The mine employs 350 local people and sources goods and services from the area worth about $20 million a year.
Under its expansion, the workforce sourced locally would increase from 40 to 80 per cent.
Local shire president Barbara Johnson says the impact of the mine's closure would be enormous.

Diamonds in the News: Botswana Diamond Workers End Strike; Wage Negotiations to Continue.

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Mine workers in Botswana are on the job Monday having ended a two-week strike.
All but 400 essential employees who were fired showed up for work Monday. The company, Debswana, replaced the fired workers, but the Botswana Mining Union is seeking to have them reinstated.

Diamonds in the news: Pan African Commences Diamond Exploration Program; Establishes Sample Processing Laboratory.

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PAN AFRICAN MINING CORP. (TSX VENTURE:PAF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has now commenced its formal diamond exploration program in the field in Madagascar, under the direction of South African diamond geologist Jessica Schloemann. The primary objective of the program is the discovery of kimberlitic diamond sources. As a secondary objective, the Company will investigate the possibility of locating rich alluvial deposits and commercial deposits of other precious stones.

Through its operating subsidiary, PAM Madagascar Sarl, the Company holds 10-year research permits covering in excess of 3000 square kilometres in areas deemed prospective for diamond exploration in various regions of the country. These areas were identified based upon the geological history of Madagascar and presence of the cratonic core, as well as historic discoveries of alluvial diamonds and other kimberlite indicator minerals. Data from the BRGM, a French governmental research organization, and other historic sources were among tools utilised by the Company's geologists. Most of the Company's diamond claims were established in 2003 prior to the recent diamond exploration activity by other companies in Madagascar.

Diamonds, not gold, are Henry's best friend.

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More accustomed to gold adorning her neck, Olympian Jodie Henry got up close and personal with Australia's largest and most expensive diamond yesterday.
The triple-gold medallist was in Melbourne to unveil a spectacular $2.5 million necklace featuring a 25 carat pear-shaped diamond.
The diamond and swimmer were the star attractions at the launch of a new Melbourne store for jeweller to the stars Stefano Canturi.
The unique diamond is suspended in a bed of black diamonds with wild vines growing over the stone.

PRESS RELEASE: Mondera Sets New Jewelry Industry Shipping Standard.

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