The rarest is a petite, .90-carat fancy intense green diamond, cut round to maximize its dazzle.

FORBES: Blingtime

Through lumber company Green Diamond Resource, the family owns timberland in Pacific Northwest.

FORBES: REAL ESTATES

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).

WSJ: Collecting: In Geneva, All That Glitters

The future of a gas facility built on a green which residents claim will stop them celebrating the Diamond Jubilee remains unclear following a meeting.

BBC: The gas governor in Oxted

The birds taken include Mexican house finches, green singing finches, java sparrows, Bengalese finches, diamond doves, painted finches and waxbills.

BBC: Exotic birds stolen in Tadley, Hampshire

Taylor's elegant government villa is perched on the bend of Diamond Hill, looking onto Nigeria's wide Cross River and the lush green forests beyond.

NPR: Charles Taylor Still a Controversial Figure in Western Africa

Now the odd thing is why Mr Diamond did not communicate this message to his deputy, Jerry del Missier, who believed Mr Tucker had given the green light to fiddle the Libor rate.

BBC: Tucker: Victim of his own innocence?