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		<title>Jewelry Links around the web for August 30, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/1125-jewelry-links-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celine Dion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Evert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeBeers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fabrikant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Famous Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GCAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HV Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivana Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanka Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moissanite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synthetic Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Cleef & Arpels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yang Lang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some Jewelry-related links found on the web today:
First up, Damien Hirst skull is sold for $100 million, NOT to Graff.
Hamptons.com discusses the history of diamonds.
Fashionista on Van Cleef&#8217;s runway stint with Elite Modeling agency.
Mining MX muses over the brand new landscape of mining, the diamond industry and De Beers.
Forbes reports that profits @ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diamond Mining: Ice Road Truckers on History Channel is Must See TV</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/1037-ice-road-truckers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/1037-ice-road-truckers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[De Beers Nap Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diavik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ekati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowknife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t been watching Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel, then you are really missing something. Did you know that ice melts from the bottom up? Out of over 800 truckers on the road in the 60 day season, only about 125 are left by the end&#8230;
Without those guys, there is no diamond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gem Diamonds buys Kimberley Diamond Company</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/783-gem-diamonds-buys-kimberley-diamond-company-lesotho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/783-gem-diamonds-buys-kimberley-diamond-company-lesotho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DeBeers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gem Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Winston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Big news on the mining front. Gem Diamonds bought Kimberley Diamond Company for  Â£130m:
London-listed Gem Diamonds today took another big step towards its stated aim of taking on De Beers among the world&#8217;s largest diamond miners with the $263m (Â£130m) acquisition of Australia&#8217;s Kimberley Diamond Company. 
The deal is Gem&#8217;s third acquisition since it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything you wanted to know about Tahera Diamonds and more</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/557-tahera-diamonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/557-tahera-diamonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tahera Diamonds]]></category>

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If you follow mining stocks, in particular Tahera Diamond Corporation (TAH), then head on over to MarketMillionaires.com. They have a 101 page thread about Tahera where you can get all the information you could possibly want about them.
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		<title>Russia lays claim to the North Pole, including huge diamond deposits</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/445-russia-putin-north-pole-diamonds-mining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/445-russia-putin-north-pole-diamonds-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Putin lays claim to enormous swath of North Pole
Russia is using new evidence gathered recently in order to justify a claim of 460,000 square feet of the North Pole.
A UN convention says no one can claim jurisdiction over the Arctic seabed because the geological structure does not match the surrounding continental shelves.
But Russian scientists have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The formation of Diamond Deposits</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/438-a-gemstones-wild-ride/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/438-a-gemstones-wild-ride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Science News has a nice article on how diamonds are formed and surface. A Gemstone&#8217;s Wild Ride:
 Almost all diamonds come from volcanic deposits called kimberlites. Tens of thousands of such deposits, some more than a kilometer across, have been found protruding through Earth&#8217;s surface. However, only one in every 200 of them contains gem-quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Leone Diamond proposes to change name to African Minerals</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/436-sierra-leone-diamond-proposes-to-change-name-to-african-minerals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/436-sierra-leone-diamond-proposes-to-change-name-to-african-minerals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blood Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sierra Leone Diamond proposes to change name to African Minerals. The no-brainer of the day, brought to you by Forbes.
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		<title>Learn about Pink Diamonds: part one</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/372-pink-diamonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/372-pink-diamonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrity Bling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Famous Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fancy Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steinmetz Group]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the loveliest diamonds in the world are pinks. They are very rare. The Argyle mine contains a lot of Pink Rough.
The largest pink diamond in the world (pictured) is the 186 Carat Darya-e-NurÂ¹, also known as the Sea of Light, the River of Light, or the Ocean of Light. It is a pale-pink, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Diamond Exploration needs to overcome hurdles</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/346-russian-diamond-mining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/346-russian-diamond-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Resource Investor has released a detailed report on the current state of Diamond Exploration in Russia. This is not a report for the layman but hard core mining enthusiasts will find it a worthwhile read. To summarize for regular folk, investment is needed to bring new sources up to speed. This is a 10-15 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stornoway Reports 2,681 Carats Recovered from Renard 3 Including a 10.15 Carat Stone &#8211; Stornoway Diamonds Corp.</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/344-rough-diamonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/344-rough-diamonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stornoway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stornoway Diamonds reports 2,681 carats recovered from Renard 3 including a 10.15 carat diamond octahedron, a 7.78 carat diamond, two colorless gems in the 6 carat range and a 5.00 carat colorless diamond (gallery).
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		<title>DeBeers on Forevermark</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/281-debeers-forevermark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/281-debeers-forevermark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DeBeers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Famous Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steinmetz Group]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[      
David Lamb, worldwide Markering Director for DTC talks to Cybernoon about Forevermark, the new Branded Diamond by DeBeers. The world&#8217;s largest Forevermark diamond is the Ponahalo, an Emerald Cut 102 carat diamond centerpiece to a beautiful pendant. As part of the event, diamond helmets were worn by both McLaren [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4.8 Carat Diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/269-48-carat-diamond-found-at-crater-of-diamonds-state-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/269-48-carat-diamond-found-at-crater-of-diamonds-state-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crater of Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Rough Diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park was a 4.8 carat diamond by a Louisiana man.


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		<title>Miner&#8217;s memorial</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/242-miners-memorial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/242-miners-memorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  

Ontario20
Originally uploaded by YellowknifeSilke.


The great thing about the Internet is that it lets you find like-minded people in ways you never expected. Ryan Silke is a photographer history buff born in the Yellowknife region who enjoys documenting abandoned old mines.
Attached is a photo he took of a Miner&#8217;s memorial in Kirkland Lake Ontario. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synthetic Diamonds may cut into sales of Natural Diamonds</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/235-synthetic-diamonds-may-cut-into-sales-of-natural-diamonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/235-synthetic-diamonds-may-cut-into-sales-of-natural-diamonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apollo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeBeers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synthetic Diamonds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg visits the Synthetic vs Natural diamond issue. They are making it sound like the natural diamond market is in trouble. We&#8217;ve heard this many times before. For many years in fact. DeBeers has got this problem covered in my opinion, but it&#8217;s certainly worth reading the article. There are good nuggets contained therein.
UPDATE:
National Jeweler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>216 carat white diamond recovered in Lesotho</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/212-lesotho-216-carat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondring.com/journal/212-lesotho-216-carat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GilbertZ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesotho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly reports:
 A 216 ct white D colour flawless diamond &#8211; bar a small peripheral gletz, a small naturally formed plane in a diamond &#8211; was found at the Letseng diamond mine in Lesotho by Gem Diamonds. This follows shortly after the recovery of the Lesotho Promise, a 603 ct white diamond recovered in [...]]]></description>
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