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	<title>Knox Jewelers Journal &#187; Diamonds</title>
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	<description>Minneapolis Minnesota Jeweler Specializing in Custom Design and Unique Engagement Rings.</description>
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		<title>Conflict Diamonds, another part of the story.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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An estimated 5 million people have access to appropriate healthcare globally thanks to revenues from diamonds.
Conflict diamonds have been reduced from approximately 4% to considerably less than 1% since the implementation of the Kimberley Process in 2003.
An estimated 10 million people globally are directly or indirectly supported by the diamond industry
The diamond mining industry generates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday May 31 2007 Diamond Price Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday May 31 2007 De Beers DTC is expected to increase overall rough prices by 2-5% this week. Prices of large better  quality stones are expected to increase significantlywith  lower prices for smaller, medium to low quality, rough diamonds.
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		<title>Cool Diamond Pics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There really is something almost magical about looking into a diamond, so I thought that I would start a collection of interesting photos.
It is very difficult to capture the beauty of a diamond in a photograph, but like other examples of natural beauty, such as a photo of a beautiful sunset or a scenic panorama, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarity grades&#8230; the dirty little secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 18:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are all SI-1 clarity diamonds eye-clean?
Are all SI-2 clarity diamonds eye-clean?
Are all VS-2 clarity diamonds eye-clean?
Are all VS-1 clarity diamonds eye-clean?
The truth may surprise many&#8230; but the answer to all four of the above questions is, no.
Here is another thought for those considering &#8216;buying blindly&#8217; from the virtual list of diamonds available on the internet.
Many [...]]]></description>
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