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Ridiculed crystal work wins Nobel for Israeli

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman (C) reacts as he arrives at a news conference at Israel's Technion Institute of Technology in the northern city of Haifa
An Israeli scientist who suffered years of ridicule and even lost a research post for claiming to have found an entirely new class of solid material was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals.
A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond

DR Congo diamond firms need $300 mln: official

Democratic Republic of Congo needs to invest some $300 million in its industrial diamond mining operations to revive a flagging sector and boost government revenue, a top mining official said.
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Hugh Hefner and his ex-fiancee Crystal Harris

Hugh Hefner's Runaway Bride Auctioning Engagement Ring (Photo)

Now after Harris changed her mind just 5 days before the scheduled wedding date of the Playboy founder and the playmate, she is auctioning the engagement ring. The ring is a circle diamond a little over three karats and it's on platinum setting and it has diamonds all around the band as well. It's so pretty, an excited Harris had explained.
Drishya Nair Oct 01, 2011
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De Beers in New Contract with Botswana

Diamond producer De Beers said on Friday it had signed a new 10-year contract for the sorting, vaulting and sales of the diamond production of Debswana, its joint venture with the government of Botswana.
Mike Obel Sep 16, 2011
Diamond Planet

Planet Made of Diamonds Likely to Have Oxygen, Carbon

In what can be called a gem of a discovery, astronomers have found a rare planet made of diamonds, which would likely have oxygen apart from carbon. The carbon-based planet lies 4,000 light years away in the constellation of Serpens in our Milky Way galaxy.
Balasubramanyam Seshan Aug 29, 2011
Diamond Planet

Astronomers Discover Entire Planet Made of Diamonds

In a discovery bound to make many women happy, astronomers have found the single largest discovery of diamonds on a planet 4,000 light-years away, as part of the Milky Way's plane of stars.
Elisha Maldonado Aug 28, 2011
Diamond Planet

Diamond Planet Found Orbiting a Pulsar [PHOTOS & VIDEOS]

Listen up ladies (and any gentlemen with a spaceship), astronomers say they have discovered an exotic planet seemingly made of diamonds that's five times the size of Earth and with more mass than Jupiter. And get this, the diamond-crystal planet was discovered in our own Milky Way galaxy.
Laura Matthews Aug 26, 2011
Diamond Planet

Planet Made of Diamonds Discovered 4,000 Light Years Away

In what can be called a gem of a discovery, astronomers at the University of Manchester found a rare planet made of diamonds, which orbits a pulsar about 4,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens.
Balasubramanyam Seshan Aug 26, 2011
Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian Wedding: the Dress, the Ceremony, the Food [VIDEO]

If you haven't heard by now, E! reality star Kim Kardashian married her NBA player boyfriend Kris Humphries on Saturday night in a lavish ceremony in Monecito, Calif. More details are beginning to emerge about her wedding stunning ivory Vera Wang gown and ceremony.
Laura Matthews Aug 22, 2011
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Masked men steal $2 million in diamonds in L.A. heist

Los Angeles police said on Friday they were looking for a group of masked thieves who stole an estimated $2 million in diamonds in a backpack from a man whose car they intentionally struck.
IBT Staff Reporter Aug 20, 2011

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