Diamond In The Rough

The likes are often said in several articles and books, but to say a diamond is to say uniqueness and purity, but we know how difficult it is to get a precious stone like diamond. The gem is not like others, its eternal by nature and radiant in beauty.

The African grace can be said to be diamond in the rough' Africa as a continent has come a long way from time past. Africa as a continent has had it all with slavery and wars, from the Egyptian empire to Syria, to Roman Empire and the French Invasion. We’ve had it with slavery, one of the roughest times in history past. Then as individual nations, we've experience colonialism and then crisis that led to several civil wars. When I say "Diamond In The Rough" I speak of the African Heritage, the African Heritage can’t be complete without the sufferings of slavery and that of colonialism, even today, some African Nations are still under modern colonialism or slavery. The dominancy of the French on several African nations can not be overlooked, till date the French still secretly dictate for several African Nations, one of which is Ivory Coast or Cote De Ivoire, some other francophone nations in Africa are still under the French dictatorship.

With all that we have been through, we can still be said to be the better people of the world, in terms of development, we know we can blame it on colonialism and slavery. but we are still thriving to be developed, when the French came, they thought us how to be strong at will, even when there was less freedom, the African Man thrived to survive, and though South Africa as a Nation went through their dark age, they can also be said to be the most socialized and developing nation in the world. Am not writing this with pains or regrets, but with pride and the joy that even after all the struggles, the African Nation, the African Child is still strong and shining like the diamond in the rough.

At this point in our lives, I believe that every nation should be a sovereign state and not under dictatorship, we should also use the slavery days as the days of glory, that even after all that we went through, we are still strong and able to accept all the nations that colonized or supported slavery, today, we even inter marry, share tourist ideas, travel and share our cultures and traditions. Africa is great; Africa is the Diamond that has gone through rough times. Africa is shining, Africa will continue shining, Africa' lives forever.

The Most Expensive Diamonds In The World

De Beers Centenary Diamond: $ 100 Millions De Beers Centenary Diamond has 273. 85 carat (54. 77 g) weight. It’s the third largest diamond has been produced in the Premier Mine. The Centenary Diamond is rated as a level D color by Gemological Institute of America, which is the highest grade diamond is colorless and internally and externally flawless. Centenary Diamond was named as shown in the rough for Centennial.The Centenary Diamond was introduced formally in May 1991.

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Johannesburg, South Africa

MINTEK, South Africa’s minerals science council, announced that it will be embarking on a geoscientific study to research the possibilities of origin-determination for rough diamonds.  The project is aimed at determining whether trace elements can be used to discriminate between diamonds from different geographical sources.  While MINTEK will first study South African diamond types, it foresees future international collaboration.

MINTEK will be working in conjunction with the South Africa Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) on the project.  Ashok Damarupurshad, Strategist at SADPMR, further clarified the goal of geochemical fingerprinting for individual diamonds.  “If proven to be successful, diamond fingerprinting would help to reduce theft and illegal mining and help prevent ‘conflict diamonds’ from entering legitimate trade, which is the objective of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.”

A huge gemstone that could become the world’s largest polished round diamond has been found at the Letseng Mine, owned by Gem Diamonds, in Lesotho, southern Africa.
The diamond weighs 478 carats and is the twentieth largest ever found. Gem Diamonds said initial examination suggests it has a flawless center and could produce a 150-carat round-cut white diamond worth tens of millions of dollars.
"Preliminary examination of this remarkable diamond indicates that it will yield a record-breaking polished stone of the very best color and clarity," the company's Chief Executive Clifford Elphick said in a statement.
The stone would dwarf the 105-carat Kohinoor in Great Britain's Crown Jewels. The largest rough diamond found was the Cullinan, in 1905, which weighed 3,106 carats uncut.

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