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Diamond Pendant Tutorial
This Photoshop tutorial shows you how to use filters, blending modes, levels, and curves in order to create a gemstone from scratch.

Angola: Govt Authorises Concession Rights for Diamond Prospecting in Lacage
The Angolan government recently authorised the concession of rights of diamond prospecting of the Lacage kimberlite, Luacheze district, eastern Moxico province, to the National Diamond Company of Angola (ENDIAMA E.P), in an area of 3,000 square kilometres.

Sotheby’s to Auction 84.37 Carat Brilliant Cut Diamond
Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction, to take place on November 14 in Geneva, will offer a brilliant-cut diamond, weighing 84.37 carats, which estimators have valued at 15-20 million CHF ($13-$17.33 million).

Hearts on Fire Diamonds, Better Quality or Just Better Marketing?
The stones are “ideal cut” a method designed by Marcel Tolkowsky to deliver the most brilliance and fire. The Hearts on Fire stones have a hearts and arrows patter in the cut. If you look at the stone through the bottom using a jeweler’s loupe you see eight hearts. From the top you see eights bursts of fire.

A regular diamond geezer
Clifford Elphick spent two decades advising the Oppenheimers, then set up his own mining company. Nothing personal, he says, but he wants to rival De Beers

First-Class Travel
Airlines offer first-class amenities like onboard mini fridges, vintage Champagne, and services that whisk you through security and customs in a fraction of the usual time.

The France Luxe Large Luxury Swarovski Pave Jaw is a gorgeous strong holding jaw with Art Deco era appeal.

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7 Swarovski Christmas Ornaments:

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This product features Swarovski Crystal and combines a source of light and water in a single fixture.

270 precision-engineered spray channels and illumination from the equivalent of a 75-watt light. It includes showerhead, illuminator with adjustable color wheel and fiber optic cable. These spray channels also contain advanced fiber optics illuminated by a special halogen light source that accounts for the continuously changing colors.

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A $188,000 mechanical watch for men. Case is made from platinum and the band is a crocodile strap

Functions: Hours, minutes, date, power reserve indicator, tourbillion, dial: Skeleton

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Floating luxury, super-sized

Gitanjali Lifestyle to ride high on luxury

Rich buyers rush luxury cars
A BOOMING economy and cashed-up buyers are driving Queensland luxury car sales through the roof, according to insurance giant AAMI.

Golf Cart
Golf carts made to look like Lamborghini, Bentley, Hummer, and so on.

Wally’s new 70 WallyPower Lau Lau yacht
Latest from the house of renowned Wally Yachts is the 70 WallyPower Lau Lau, which debuted at the Monaco Yacht Show.

Bissol 4GB USB
The brass or nickel-plated finished gizmo will still cost you $260. It’s water-proof, dust-proof and only 2.2 mm thick.

Walk-in panoramic display
Mitsubishi Electric unveiled a 2-meter tall, 7.5-meter diameter panoramic display system consisting of synchronized rear-projection displays arranged in a wall that encircles the viewer.

Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition
Motorola had announced a luxury edition of the new RAZR2 V8 with limited quantities

Gold closes above $800 at highest level since 1980
Gold futures rallied Friday to close above $800 at their highest level in nearly 28 years, boosted by rallying crude-oil prices and the dollar’s tumble to a new record low against the euro.

Christie Brinkley Unveils Christmas Swarovski Star at Rockefeller Center.

The stars will be auctioned off on website eBay.com throughout next week (beg05Nov07). All proceeds will go to the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation charity

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Don’t try to play soccer with this ball! You can hurt yourself. Instead you can put it your trophy space

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Diamonds go designer
Hearts on Fire pursues a jeweler’s dream: creating a branded diamond.

2007 Beijing International Jewelry Expo
The 2007 Beijing International Jewelry Expo was kicked off on November 1, 2007 at Beijing International Exhibition Center, with a 24K gold-plated model of the Chang’e-1 lunar orbiter, a pair of gold slippers, a set of gold chess, jade dumplings, etc, were put on display.

Diamond deals
HRH Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary on November 20. Ken Bennett highlights holidays worthy of a similarly special occasion

A pet-use mp3 player adorned with diamond

Amosu Luxury unveil two custom iPhone cover with gold or diamonds.

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