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An anti-corruption group says it has evidence linking Zimbabwe’s ruling elite to “a decade of disappearing diamond wealth”. In a report published on Monday, London-based Global Witness accused Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) spy agency of holding a concealed stake in Kusena Diamonds – a company active in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe. The […]

A rare blue flawless 12-carat diamond, one of the world’s rarest gems, was the newest attraction at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles on Friday, adding a vibrant sparkle to the museum’s gem collection. The “Blue Moon Diamond,” was purchased in its uncut rough form for $25.6 million by diamond manufacturer Cora International in

This is the story of an engagement ring that was lost. Nothing so odd about that, one might think. Rings go missing all the time, prey to the sink trap or the Hoover bag. A moment’s inattention is all it takes. Sometimes disappearing rings even come back. At the bleakest moments when my wife, Pru,