Thursday 28 February 2013
Wednesday 27 February 2013
EXPENSIVE DIAMONDS
Let’s talk about most expensive diamonds worth millions first, then about the priceless ones. Jewelry stores sell excellent quality diamonds, no doubt about that. But the diamonds that are listed below are beyond the reach of the usual millionaires – if not all, most of them.
There you go!
10. The Allnatt Diamond
When and Where It Was Found: Major Alfred Ernest Allnatt’s surname was indeed used to name this stunning and one of the most expensive diamonds. The year and place where it was found is uncertain. However, if reports are to be believed, it was found at a place where De Beers Diamond mine is currently located. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has rated it among the best diamonds discovered so far.
Estimated Price: $3 Millions
Carat: Cushion-Cut Diamond with 101.29 Carats (20.258g).
9. The Moussaieff Red Diamond
When and Where It Was Found: Discovered in Brazil by a local farmer, this is the largest red-colored triangular cut and is among the most expensive diamonds today. It was found is 1990 and was named after and owned by Moussaieff Jewelers Ltd.
Estimated Price: $7 Millions
Carat: Triangular-Cut Diamond with 5.11 Carats (1.022g)
8. The Heart of Eternity
When and Where It Was Found: The year is uncertain, but the mine where this high-end diamond was found is located in South Africa. Gemological Institute of America has rated it as a Fancy Vivid Blue and is considered to the rarest of diamonds ever found so far.
Estimated Price: $16 Millions
Carat: Heart-Shape Diamond with 27.64 Carats (5.528g)
7. Wittelsbach Diamond
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When and Where It Was Found: Yet another of the most expensive diamonds in the world, Wittelsbach Diamond was once a part of Austrian and Bavarian crown jewel. London-based Jeweler, Laurence Graff, bought it in the year 2008, thus changing its name to Wittelsbach-Graff.
Estimated Price: $16.4 Millions
Carat: Before re-cut 35.51 Carats (7.11g), after re-cut 31.06 Carats (6.21g).
6. The Steinmetz Pink
When and Where It Was Found: The mine, the country of origin, and the year it was discovered are unknown. However, it was first unveiled in Monaco on the 29th May, 2009, in Smithsonian’s exhibition named “The Splendor of Diamonds.” (as per Wikipedia)
Estimated Price: $25 Millions
Carat: 59.60 Carats (11.92g)
5. De Beers Centenary Diamond
When and Where It Was Found: One of the largest colorless and flawless diamonds ever, De Beers Centenary Diamond was found in a premier De Beers mine. There are no internal and external flaws.
Estimated Price: $100 Millions
Carat: 273.85 Carats (54.77g)
4. The Hope Diamond
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When and Where It Was Found: Loved, admired, and among most expensive diamonds in the world, The Hope Diamond, is priced at a whopping $350 millions. This isn’t for sale though. It is placed for Smithsonian Museum of Natural History located in Washington D.C., United States of America.
Estimated Price: $ 350 million
Carat: 45.52 carat (9.10 g)
3. The Cullinan Diamond
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When and Where It Was Found: The largest rough diamond ever discovered in the world, Cullinan diamond I & II are now part of British crown jewels. Cullinan Diamond I is referred as Star of Africa, and Cullinan Diamond II is referred as a Lesser Star of Africa
Estimated Price: $400 million
Carat: Rough Gem – 3,106.75 carats (621.35 grams); Cullinan Diamond I – 530.2 carats (106.0 grams); Cullinan Diamond II – 545.67 carats (109.13 grams)
2. The Sancy Diamond
When and Where It Was Found: Believed to be of Indian origin, the Sancy Diamond is named after the first owner Nicholas Harlai, Seigneur de Sancy. It is priceless. It is an extraordinarily beautiful pale yellow diamond with symmetrical facets. This is put at display at Apollo Gallery of the Louvre Museum located in France.
Estimated Price: Unestimated
Carat: 55.23 carats (11.05 g)
1. Koh-I-Noor
When and Where It Was Found: India’s most famous diamond, Koh-I-Noor, discovered in Andhra Pradesh state, passed from one to ruler to another is now a part of British crown jewel. British East India Company seized this largest diamond ever before the Indian independence. This of course is the most expensive diamond along with the Sancy Diamond.
Estimated Price: Unestimated
Carat: 105 carats (21.6 g)
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HIV is the cause of AIDS
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This is the standard explanation of what causes AIDS. But what evidence do scientists have to support the fact that HIV causes AIDS? And why do some websites say that the world has got it terribly wrong – that HIV does not cause AIDS at all?
As an independent AIDS organization founded in 1986, AVERT has taken a keen interest in the ongoing debate about what causes AIDS. As well as investigating the consensus position, we have followed and carefully considered the arguments of the dissident minority who claim that HIV is harmless or even that it might not exist. This topic is vitally relevant to how our organization works to prevent people developing AIDS and to help those who are suffering.
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AIDS is a new epidemic disease
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Tuesday 26 February 2013
Where do you drink?
Most people from the US who are about to visit Mexico are being warned not to drink water because in Mexico is not pure at all. While it is true that you shouldn’t drink water from the faucet in Mexico it isn’t true that the reason for this is the terrible water is contaminated in Mexico. Mexico city is known for its air pollution; however, water does not have especially high pollution levels when compared to many other big cities. In fact, in terms of the sewage and water treatment and delivery systems, all he big cities in Mexico enjoy a level of infrastructure similar to any other modern country of city in the US. :)
Monday 25 February 2013
Aliens: a Reality Are aliens real? Are they coming to earth?
These are questions that have haunted scientists and common people for ages. But there are several, who are firm believers in the existence of life on other planets. There are strong propagators of the theory that the aliens are coming and have in fact been regular visitors to earth. Combine this with the very commonplace reported occurrences of UFO sightings and alien abduction stories and one cannot help but answer in the affirmative to the question, are aliens for real? Scientifically, there have been several probes in order to shed light on this complex probability. One of the foremost research projects in this area has been the SETI or the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. This is the name for a number of activities that various people have undertaken in order to search for alien life. They use radio dishes to gather scientific evidence like electromagnetic waves, in order to search for life on other planets. For a number of years, these probes were funded by the U.S. government, but lately the funding has been taken on by private sources. Several scientists have spent their lives trying to establish links between strange phenomena and the existence of life in outer space. Principal among them are Carl Sagan and Frank Drake. Carl Sagan theorized that alien life such as bacteria exist not only in our planet but throughout the universe. He also insisted that it is impossible that no other intelligent life exists in the universe other than on Earth. Frank Drake, the founder of SETI, has devoted his life to establish the presence of aliens. He is famous for coming up with the Drake or Green Bank equation. The Drake equation, can apparently help determine the number of intelligent civilizations that exist in our galaxy, Milky Way. It uses a number of factors to determine results, the rate of formation of stars, the average number of planets that have life, planets that will develop intelligent life, etc. The Drake equation was an attempt to quantify factors that were previously undetermined. There have been several other research projects to establish that there are such things as aliens. More important of them are the several space missions, which have tried to establish life on Mars due to evidence of methane in the atmosphere and the mission to establish life on moon, due to reported presence of water. Of course, there are also other factors that need to be taken into consideration like alien abduction stories that have been reported by several people. In fact in a study carried out by Harvard in 2003, seven of 10 hypnotized abductees, described test done on them by their alien captors. Real alien sightings are also events that cannot be dismissed as overactive imagination
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