Category Archives: Diamonds

St. Valentin’s Day Massacre / BET ON CRAZY by Petre Nolan Smith

February 23, 2009 – 1:41 pm

Valentine’s Day is celebrated by lovers around the world. Men buy cashmere scarves, lingerie, roses, Swiss chocolates, and jewelry for their girlfriends and lovers. This romantic holiday does not possess the same value as Christmas or their partners’ birthday, but you can’t do nothing, unless you’re seriously considering a break-up or enjoy living in the […]

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GREEN LANTERN GEMS

December 2, 2008 – 7:22 pm

Earth has been traveling through the universe for billions of years. During these eternal eons the planet has been subjected to radiation from a myriad of sources, although none greater than the Earth itself and this intense contact with radioactivity is what turns diamonds into the second rarest of colors “green’. The process actually alters […]

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Bangkok Diamond Hoax Redux

August 4, 2008 – 2:01 pm

Last week Bangkok Post reported the theft of a 2,100-carat diamond worth 315 million. The theft was committed by a middle-aged man who escaped on a motorcycle. Don Muang police responded to the robbery reports and questioned the supposed owner, a 71 year-old Chanthaburi native, who claimed to have purchase the stone from a friend […]

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Bangkok Fake Diamond Theft

August 1, 2008 – 11:01 am

On July 30, the Bangkok Post reported the theft of a 2100-carat ‘diamond’ worth 315 million baht. The story sounded very hinky and today the ‘diamond’ was returned to its owner, who was told that it was a fake diamond or cubic zirconium by Thai diamond experts.

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Burma Ruby Ban by USA

July 31, 2008 – 12:14 pm

Thaksin is meandering about Beijing this afternoon, contemplating the old Clash quandary “do I stay or do I go’ as the Thai courts announced Sept 16 as his date to face charges involving corrupt Burma business associates. Are there any other kind? Drugs, oil, timber, gems and repression fund SLORC and the USA has stepped […]

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