The collapse of their isolated civilization, Diamond writes, is a "worst-case scenario for what may lie ahead of us in our own future".

戴蒙德写道，他们的孤立文明的崩溃，是“我们未来可能面临的最糟糕的情况”。

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Some of the solid material it brings up may come from a so-called diamond-stability field, where conditions of pressure and temperature are conducive to the formation of diamonds.

它所带出的一些固体物质可能来自所谓的钻石稳定场，那里的压力和温度条件有利于钻石的形成。

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Investors who fear that high diamond prices may not be forever will soon have help at hand.

担心高钻石价格难以持续的投资者，也许很快就有帮手了。

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Diamond exporters are hoping the government will consider its demand after national elections are over in mid-May.

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Only serious, qualified buyers who have submitted a deposit may view the diamond.

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Today, under cross examination by MPs, Bob Diamond may reveal more about his call with Paul Tucker, the man from the Bank of England who said senior Whitehall figures were pressurising him.

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We've heard a groundswell of concern from tipsters that the Touch Diamond may have been bumped out to October -- it certainly wouldn't surprise us, given our jaded, overwhelmingly pessimistic personalities -- but here's hoping, anyway.

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