The yellow-brown diamond in a fire rose cushion cut was purchased from De Beers by a group led by Henry Ho of Thailand and given to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in honor of his 50th coronation anniversary.

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When Eoin Bradley scored the point of the game in 56th minute it looked all over for Bellaghy but they dug deep and Eoghan Brown from a free and Gavin Diamond earned them a deserved draw in a hard-fought encounter.

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Not quite as huge but with an equally mysterious history is the so-called Golden Maharaja, a pear-shaped diamond of fancy dark orange-brown color, weighing in at 65.57 carats.

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Then a Paul Diamond effort broke to the unmarked substitute Conan Brown and he blasted the ball past keeper O'Kane for 1-07 to 0-06.

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The rounded bodywork now russet-brown with rust, it was supposedly the getaway car of diamond thieves, shot long ago by police.

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