Cecil John Rhodes, a British imperialist who made a fortune in diamond mines and launched the de Beers diamond cartel, was one of those.
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Leading the way were five fancy colored diamonds, one white diamond and an emerald all exceeding the million-dollar mark with four items smashing top pre-sale estimates.
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It was an 83.5-carat diamond and it gave birth to one of the world's most powerful multinationals, De Beers, named for Afrikaner brothers who owned a farm on top of a diamond pipe.
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.
The Government's expectation is that only one new city will be created as a result of the diamond jubilee competition and, similarly, that only one existing city will be granted a lord mayoralty or lord provostship.
That labor-intensive effort will lower Diamond's profit margin and could undercut one of its favorite claims: that its advice is free of self-interest because it doesn't entail hiring a platoon of Diamond techies.
Joe is the only person with Diamond Blackfan Anaemia in the Channel Islands and one of just 600-700 around the world, so for Mr Redmond the fundraising is as much about raising awareness as money.
All Diamond products come with a one year limited warranty, a Diamond guarantee of quality manufacturing experience and a recently upgraded, US based, customer support system.
Fifty one year-old Kvalheim, along with co-President Jerry del Missier, and Chief Executive Bob Diamond, is considered one of the main architects of the investment banking division of British bank Barclays.
Two key players, director Nadeem Rizvi and Bharat Shah , a film producer and one of India's leading diamond merchants, have been charged so far.
The man paid in cold hard cash, and after a tedious 40 minute purchase process that involved a bit of activation, some nice tutorials, a quick address book sideload from his old Touch Diamond and whole lot of peripheral upsell, Alfredo was one of the world's first satisfied Pre customers.
This year is a busy one for the Queen with the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
But his true skill is being one of the best and most knowledgeable diamond and gemstone dealers in the world.
One is an enamel, baroque pearl, diamond and gold brooch from around 1899-1901.
It relaunched the line last fall, adding new items such as a one-of-a-kind diamond-and-jade Serpenti necklace geared to the tastes of China's wealthy.
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Christie's will also feature striking Mughal jewelry from India, including a double-faced emerald, diamond and enamel turban ornament, which is white and green on one side and red and green on the reverse (350, 000 francs-550, 000 francs).
One answer: mobile players who play Diamond Dash (and connect with Facebook) are a remarkable eight times more likely to spend money in the game.
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Lord Salisbury, one of the senior organisers of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and chairman of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, also attended the reception.
Ken Cargill was one of the BBC's all time greats and a diamond in British journalism.
In fact Barclays sheer size and complexity was one reason why shareholders were not baying for Mr Diamond's immediate departure.
The group's one American member, bassist Smokey Hormel, has worked with Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash, and hears the similarity.
In August, Sophia Loren appeared at the opening night of the Venice Film Festival wearing a one-of-a-kind yellow gold, emerald and diamond necklace from Bulgari.
At the time of the 1937 and 1939 World's Fairs, the diamond was said to have belonged to one of the world's wealthiest maharajas, who loaned it to the events.
One is the control of mineral wealth: the diamond trade thrives in and around Kisangani, and some Ugandans close to Mr Museveni have grown rich exporting gold and other commodities from the country's north-east.
He said Sweet Caroline singer Diamond had "created one of the most enduring catalogues of American popular music" and called Ma "one of the most versatile and popular classical music performers in the world".
Just as banks have problems with robbers desiring their cash, those in the diamond trade have to constantly prepare for the possibility that one day, after years and years of nothing happening, they will be under attack.
Produced using special diamond cutting tools, this screen is fashioned from one of the world's hardest and most resilient materials.
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The pressure on Mr Agius and Mr Diamond intensified when Barclays' shares dropped like a stone earlier today: at one point it was 18% lower.
The items were sold as part of Christie's "London Sale", a one-off themed auction held to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
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