They are not to be confused with diamond-like substances such as cubic zirconia and moissanite.
They are toughened with diamond-like carbon from the semiconductor industry and this is bonded on to the steel with niobium, a rare tin alloy normally used in superconducting magnets.
Its chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, ran HSBC investment - like Mr Diamond - when Libor was being manipulated (to be clear, we don't yet know whether HSBC was in on this, though it is being probed).
First Castle looks for industries making unsexy, overlooked products like diamond-studded drill-bit inserts, airplane toilets and class rings.
At one of the bashes, the birthday granny wore a ruby- and diamond-studded necklace so big that one party-goer described it as looking like a bib.
Other research projects in the field of artificial retinas are currently focusing on carbon-based materials like nanocrystalline diamond and graphene, but those are intended for replacing silicon electrodes, like the Argus 2.
And if the spa's gem associations are a stretch, they're comparable to what others are doing, like using diamond dust in anti-aging body treatments and here, for obvious reasons, sapphire dust as well (which felt great in a body cream but didn't have any discernible effect).
While the priciest Tiffany and Cartier pieces tend to be understated, Bulgari's designs shout--like a necklace with 84 carats of ruby and 674 carats of emerald beads, embellished with diamond-set rondelles.
Neil Diamond's songwriting career began like so many others -- he was trying to impress a girl. (Laughter.) The difference was that it worked and he went on to marry the girl.
In addition, Ahluwalia also designed a new engagement ring for Royal Asscher called Legacy in which the signature Asscher cut diamond serves as the center stone of the platinum wave-like ring, with diamonds of different cuts detailing each side of the ring.
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The strategy says the government will stand up for "mainstream" values by strengthening national identity and celebrating what people in England have in common and urges local communities to use events like the Big Lunch or the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and inter-faith activities to bring together people of different backgrounds.
Diamond Multimedia, a consumer-electronics firm, has already announced plans to build tablet-like web-browsing devices using Crusoe chips.
I'm standing at a first-floor window, an arched stone one like you'd find in a church, my face close up to the diamond-shaped leaded panes, keeping lookout.
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