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June 16, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Forever Everyday: A Diamond Dealer’s Diary, Parts 4 and 5 by Peter Nolan Smith Part V. After I made a sandwich at my desk, Richie Boy grabbed a slice of salami. Our sharing more than food throughout our twenty-year friendship didn’t deter my protests against his poaching. “I see you have no shame in being […]

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June 16, 2008 – 1:25 pm

Forever Everyday: A Diamond Dealer’s Diary by Peter Nolan Smith Part 4. I work at a ground floor diamond exchange on West 47th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, the diamond capital of the world. Diamonds come in all shapes, all sizes. The dealers and brokers on the street profess that their stones are no […]

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June 16, 2008 – 1:22 pm

Forever Everyday: A Diamond Dealer’s Diary by Peter Nolan Smith Part III. Rough diamonds are mined from volcanic vents in Africa. They’re separated into parcels for the London sight-holders who have the stones cut in Antwerp, Israel, or India. The finished products are divvied out to various diamond brokers and then brought over to New […]

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