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The original export ceiling for rough stones for Global Diamond purchases was a ratio of 15% rough to 85% cut and polished. The company was restricted on the amount of rough stones it could export. The new decree enables the company to purchase and export rough stones for cutting anywhere it desires and not be limited to a 15% quota. Global acknowledges that the Russian cutters are among the best in the world and will continue to use local cutters when ever possible. However, the new decree gives the company greater flexibility to match the demands of its customers without consideration to scheduling and availability of the local cutters.
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The Diamond is the birthstone of April and the anniversary gemstone for the 10th and 60th years of marriage. Diamonds were discovered in India in 500 B.C., and the name "diamond" comes from the Greek word "Adamas" which means unconquerable - suggesting the eternity of love. Since ancient Greece, diamonds and diamond jewelry have been the traditional symbol of love, and the ancients believed they were hardened dew drops, splinters from the stars or crystallized lightning. A diamond is the hardest substance known to humankind, and is made of a crystallized carbon that has unique powers of light reflection. Since diamonds are composed of a single element, they are the purest of all gemstones.
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Further down the supply chain, members of The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) act as a medium for wholesale diamond exchange, trading both polished and rough diamonds. The WFDB consists of independent diamond bourses in major cutting centres such as Tel Aviv, Antwerp, Johannesburg and other cities across the USA, Europe and Asia.
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The Diamond leads the audience to believe that his nephew received an $8,000 leadership bonus (4% bonus) in a single month. It is very improbable that the Diamond's claimed $200,000 business volume resides all in his personal Platinum distributorship so that his nephew can collect the 4% on the complete 200,000 Business Volume. According to 1996 Amway and 1997 Amway data, the highest performing single direct distributorship, EVER, would have generated a monthly leadership bonus of $7,635. The average monthly leadership bonus paid in 1996 was $1,044, and dropped to $821 in1997. These numbers includes payments on multiple qualifying businesses, not just a single business, as is in question here. According to the 1999 Amway SA-4400 approximately 1.5% of the direct distributors who earned a Leadership Bonus in fiscal 1997 received an annual leadership Bonus of $45,504 or more.
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People who purchased recalled Diamond Pet Food may be entitled to a monetary settlement, due to a class action lawsuit. From Reuters: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ — The following statement is being issued by Jeff Thompson, O’Neil, Parker & Williamson; Jim Andrews, Attorney; and Perry Craft, Craft & Sheppard, regarding the Bass v.
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Diamond-bearing rock is brought close to the surface through deep-origin volcanic eruptions. The magma for such a volcano must originate at a depth where diamonds can be formed,[7] 150 km (90 miles) deep or more (three times or more the depth of source magma for most volcanoes); this is a relatively rare occurrence. These typically small surface volcanic craters extend downward in formations known as volcanic pipes.[7] The pipes contain material that was transported toward the surface by volcanic action, but was not ejected before the volcanic activity ceased. During eruption these pipes are open to the surface, resulting in open circulation; many xenoliths of surface rock and even wood and/or fossils are found in volcanic pipes. Diamond-bearing volcanic pipes are closely related to the oldest, coolest regions of continental crust (cratons). This is because cratons are very thick, and their lithospheric mantle extends to great enough depth that diamonds are stable.
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