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Mughal style jewellery has become popular in India recently [when?] featuring uncut diamonds termed "Polki" (which originally referred to a style of cleaving diamonds). [15] [16] The diamonds used in modern polki jewellery are low grade [17] and do not have much investment value, even though polki jewellery can be expensive. The diamonds are ...
Apan Jewellers is a chain of gold and diamond jewelry stores based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the largest jewelry retailer in Bangladesh . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Diamonds can be sold already set in jewelry, or sold unset ("loose"). According to the Rio Tinto, in 2002 the diamonds produced and released to the market were valued at US$9 billion as rough diamonds, US$14 billion after being cut and polished, US$28 billion in wholesale diamond jewelry, and US$57 billion in retail sales. [110]
The diamond was first given a generic name after the mine (Karowe) and the pipe (AK6) where it was found. [13] On 18 January 2016, Chief Executive Officer William Lamb of Lucara Diamond announced a competition, open to all Botswana citizens, to name the stone. In addition to naming the diamond the winner would receive P25,000 (about $2,170). [14]
In 2014, 100 Reporters published an article showing how the use of KP certificates had allowed for the publication to identify transfer pricing manipulation in South Africa's trade of rough diamond exports, [41] detailing "Most imported diamonds appear to be re-exported uncut and unpolished. While imports make up relatively small volume, or ...
Login valued the diamond at 63,000 rupees, the equivalent of £6,000 in 1840 which would convert to more than £100 million in 2012. [2] Jewelry associated with the diamond were eleven pearls, eleven additional diamonds, and eleven garnets (known locally as choonee). [2] The total weight was 10.8 tolas in the local weight measurement system. [2]
Raw diamonds from the mines were typically transported to Golconda—now the western part of Hyderabad— [28]) for skilled lapidary, enhancement, further evaluation, and sale. [17] [19] [20] The art of macle, which is a form of rough diamond that is used to produce jewellery, was first developed in the Golconda region. [29]
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.