That prompted a new effort inside the diamond industry to keep closer check on the individual diamond traders who supply companies like De Beers and Ascorp In Angola.

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So enthralled was Fedorovna with the piece--an enameled egg with a golden yoke, golden hen, miniature diamond crown and ruby egg inside--that the czar commissioned a new egg every Easter.

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Inside the Dreamhouse, girls dance around a 10-foot-tall diamond ring and look into cases featuring 6-inch, red-sequined, platform heels.

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Once you've worked up an appetite, you can choose from 15 dining establishments inside the hotel, including the Banffshire Club , awarded the rare five-diamond rating from the American Automobile Association.

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While most of what I saw included a real mechanical movement inside, Ralph Lauren and Cartier, among others, used quartz movement for a few of the diamond offerings and, at Lauren, in the lower-priced Stirrup line.

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