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Thomas de la More (also Dalamore [5] or Delamore; [6] 1395 – 1459 / 1460 / 1 June 1461) was a fifteenth-century sheriff of Cumberland. Little is known of his early years, but he was a royal official in Cumberland and Westmorland for all his adult life, serving as member of parliament , escheator and justice of the peace on multiple occasions.
Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated quartz crystals discovered within exposed outcrops of dolomite in and around Herkimer County, New York, and the Mohawk River Valley in the US. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are not diamonds ; the "diamond" in their name is due to both their clarity and well-formed faces.
Diamond reports from GIA (as well as other, for-profit sources) are now demanded by most consumers purchasing diamonds over a certain size, typically for over 0.5 carat (100 mg), and almost always for over 1.0 carat (200 mg), and are considered an important tool in guaranteeing that a diamond is accurately represented to a potential buyer.
Diamonds -- fake and real -- are perhaps the best example of this. So 30 years ago, when one London-based woman found a huge, gorgeous and fake diamond ring at a car boot sale (almost the ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also ruled that lab-grown diamonds are real in 2018. “Laboratory-grown diamonds and natural diamonds cannot be told apart using the unaided eye,” GIA argues ...
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Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their natural resources, history, tourism, etc.
Experts posit that only one Paraiba tourmaline is mined for every 10,000 diamonds — and while similar hues are found in Madagascar, the scarcity of Brazilian stones has seen prices soar.