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Geotimes
July 2004
Megan Sever |
Next Best Friend: Cultured Diamonds Conventional thinking about diamonds may soon be changing. Diamonds -- long prized for their beauty, rarity and long generation times -- are now being created in a matter of hours in laboratories.   |
Smithsonian
January 2007
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In part two of this series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses conflict diamonds, colored diamonds and synthetic gems grown in the lab |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Nanotech Is a Girl's Best Friend The look, quality and price of "cultured" diamonds will eventually win over consumers. When it does, that will be bad news for DeBeers and other diamond companies and good news for Apollo and Gemesis. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Sara Wilson |
Cutting Edge A diamond manufacturer is crafting new uses for an age-old treasure. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2000
Susan Emerling |
Not forever The death of South African diamond magnate Harry Oppenheimer last month might mark the end of global domination for one of the world's most infamous cartels. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2004
Bill Mann |
De Beers in De Champagne De Beers, the125-year-old South African diamond company, settles a decade-old criminal case for $10 million. S'pose they'll try to pay it in diamonds? |
Smithsonian
January 2007
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In the final installment of this three-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses the fascinating stories behind the Smithsonian's diamond collection. |
Smithsonian
December 2006
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In the first installment of a multi-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, explains how the rare crystals form. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Steve Cooper |
Hard to Beat With so many commercial uses, could diamonds be the new plastic? |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Diamonds' Lost Luster? A scandal involving the biggest gem-certifying lab, the Gemological Institute of America, has the diamond industry fretting over the potential impact. |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2013
Anthony King |
Diamond encrusted nano-saw to slash silicon waste Scientists at Fraunhofer in Germany and CSIRO in Australia have teamed up to make an ultra-thin saw made of carbon nanotubes sprinkled with diamonds. Their new nano-saw promises to slice thinner silicon wafers. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Joshua Hammer |
Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery Zimbabwe's new found diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse. |
Wired
Joshua Davis |
The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist After 6 years in prison, Leonardo Notarbartolo finally reveals how he managed to break in and steel $100 million worth of gems from the most secure vault in the world. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2006
Sarah Erdreich |
All That Sparkles ... If you're considering buying diamond jewelry and want to make sure you're not inadvertently supporting the conflict diamond trade, there are several steps that consumers can take. |
AskMen.com
James Matheson |
Q&A On Diamonds To make the dreaded task of buying diamonds easier on men, I've compiled a list of common questions and concerns men have about buying diamonds for their special ladies. |
AskMen.com
Susan Johnston |
The New Rules Of The Engagement Ring Planning to pop the question this holiday season? Whether you're planning a surprise for your bride-to-be or you're going engagement ring shopping together, chances are this is going to be one of the biggest purchases you'll make this year -- if not ever. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Carol Matlack |
Are Diamonds Forever? A crackdown in Antwerp threatens the city's historic gem trade. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
How a Rogue Geologist Discovered a Diamond Trove in the Canadian Arctic Chuck Fipke sifts through 20-pound bags of dirt in search of Canadian diamonds. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Toughest ever diamond made from carbon onions A synthetic diamond that is even harder than its natural counterpart and able to withstand even hotter temperatures has been made by researchers in China. |
Chemistry World
September 2011 |
Diamonds are for everything No longer valued simply for its glamour and durability, diamond is turning its hand to applications in solar power, laser design and bionic eyes. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Susannah Patton |
Diamonds (And Grandma) Are Forever Looking for a novel way to spend eternity? Consider LifeGem, a Chicago company that will turn your ashes into diamonds. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Black Diamonds Have E.T. Origins Carbonado, or black, diamonds look more like basalt than their traditional colorless counterparts. New research indicates that carbonado diamonds might have formed in space. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
Digging for Diamonds 24/7 Under Frozen Snap Lake Running a diamond mine in the Arctic. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2013
James Urquhart |
Diamonds' redox reaction origins revealed Subduction zones -- boundaries between tectonic plates where the Earth's crust sinks into the hot mantle -- could be breeding grounds for diamond formation, according to Russian researchers. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2008 |
Engineering R&D: Diamonds are a seal's best friend Mechanical seals coated with nanodiamonds is the first commercial application for a technology transitioning from basic research to established science. |
Wired
February 2007
Gross et al. |
Flights of Fancy Supersonic passenger jets are back - billionaires board first... Welcome to BioTown, USA... Fix-a-Flat... The best science fiction movie fashions... Ancient diseases, reborn... Lab grown diamonds... Gourmet food in space... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Dueling Fools: Blue Nile Bull Rebuttal The only potential problem with the online diamond seller is that it's at the top end of its justifiable valuation range. However, the company has great potential. |
Outside
January 2007
Anthony Cerretani |
All That Glitters Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou brings the controversial diamond industry to light. Hounsou further details the problems of the diamond industry in this interview. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Sara Pratt |
Sourcing Ultradeep Diamonds Mineral impurities in a diamond may decrease the gem's value for jewelers, but for geologists they can prove to be priceless: South African diamonds containing garnet have recently provided evidence that very deep diamonds can form from surface materials. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Canada's Diamonds Face Old Age Geologists are uncovering the unique origins of Canadian diamonds, and finding not only that they are surprisingly old, but also that they have implications for the timing of Earth's early tectonic processes. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Suhas Sreedhar |
Diamondoids May be a TV's Best Friend Nanometer-scale diamonds from petroleum could find use in next generation displays. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2015
Andrea Sella |
Van Valkenberg's anvil Alvin van Valkenberg, the American geochemist and gemmologist (1913 -- 1991), was the inventor of the diamond anvil cell |
Geotimes
October 2006 |
Geomedia Inspecting the Diamond Industry: Q&A with The Heartless Stone Author Tom Zoellner... Book Review: Weighing the World by Edwin Danson... etc. |
Technology Research News
December 11, 2002
Kimberly Patch |
DNA prefers diamond DNA is particularly useful for sensing pathogens like those used in biological weapons. The trick to making sensors that can be used in the field may involve attaching strands of DNA to a thin film of diamond, preparing sensors to withstand the rigors of the real world. |
Chemistry World
March 13, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Piece of Earth's interior 'ocean' found in diamond A tiny crystal found in a diamond has confirmed predictions about a giant store of water deep in the Earth's mantle. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Bob Bobala |
The Cost of Love Valentine's day is a Hallmark holiday made to cause you financial strain while bringing profit to retailers. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Latham & Katerere |
Diamond Smuggling Thrives in Zimbabwe Human Rights Watch and others say Zimbabwe's military is illegally selling diamonds to enrich Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party ahead of next year's election. |
Chemistry World
November 29, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Mystery of diamond polishing solved? Mike Ashfold, an expert on the chemistry of diamond at the University of Bristol in the UK, says, 'Polishers have long recognised that some diamond surfaces polish more easily, and more successfully, than others. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
The Myth of Socially Responsible Investing Do investors delude themselves when they invest based on morally relative criteria? |
Chemistry World
November 29, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Researchers Crack Mystery of Diamond's Conductivity US researchers have cracked one of the most baffling mysteries in materials science -- why diamond, the supreme insulator, becomes a conductor under certain conditions. |
Fast Company
February 13, 2012
Emma Haak |
BlueCross BlueShield, BMW, Best Buy, And De Beers Venture Into New Investments For many big non tech companies, the best way to innovate quickly is to fund startups that pioneer their future business. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Diamonds Be a Fool's Best Friend? Aber mines and retails diamonds, and that combination is working so far. This is a stock with above-average risk, but the growth opportunity seems legitimate. |
Chemistry World
August 2010 |
Let's get physical The field of physical chemistry is booming, as more and more scientists seek to understand their work on a molecular level |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007
Ian Wylie |
Hope Diamonds In Sierra Leone, a plan for fair-trade gems. |
Chemistry World
June 2, 2014
Caryl Richards |
Diamond set to sparkle for nanoelectronics Scientists in Australia are the first to etch structures less than a hundred nanometers in size on the inclined surfaces of diamond by simply using a variable pressure scanning electron microscope. |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2007
Lewis Brindley |
Superhard Material Made at Ambient Pressure Inorganic chemists in the U.S. have synthesized a material that rivals the hardness of diamond, without needing to use extremely high pressure. |
Outside
September 2002
Stephen Jermanok |
This is the situation. This is the confusion. This is Angola. It was once a crown jewel of African beauty -- a place blessed with so many rivers, so much pristine coastline, and such teeming, verdant savannas that it made God jealous. But after 27 years of brutal civil war, Angola is slowly rising out of the graveyard of its sad history. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Jewelers Take On Blue Nile It's understandable that small, bricks-and-mortar jewelers feel the need to do something about online threats, but it seems to me that they're still looking at the issue through yesterday's eyes, ignoring the elements that have made Blue Nile a rapid success story to begin with. |
AskMen.com
Nick Kennedy |
Valentine's Day Investments There are some unique opportunities to invest in the "romance" industries. Let's break them down, going in order from the least risky to the most risky. |
Geotimes
August 2003
Louise Palmer |
On Exhibit: Gems at the Bruce Museum With only a month more of summertime, consider taking a trip to the Bruce Museum of Art and Science in Greenwich, Conn. Its newest exhibit, dedicated to all things gem, is sure to delight the senses and stimulate the mind. |
