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Rubies, sapphires, and zirconium. Selling and trade in London, England.

Joe_Black @Joe_Black (252) 8 Nov 10

I recently went travelling around south east asia, and whilst in beautiful burma I came across a jewellery market. I was with someone I greatly trusted and as I was on a tight budget, gave them only £30 to buy me gem...

Have you ever gone bigger?

firecracker @sacmom (14192) • United States 5 Feb 09

Okay, get your minds out of the gutter people! LOL I'm talking about carat size. When my husband and I got engaged back in the mid '90's we went together to pick out my engagement ring. I wasn't interested in a big diamond, but my...

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Will you go for a try of 8.8 carat ring in the Jeweller's?

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 5 Feb 09

I saw on tv that a newly opened jewellery shop is making big promotion of discount sales for the coming valentine's day. What makes hot is the try out of a 8.8 carat ring. Quite a lot of young couples are booking for it as a...

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K? thousand? carats?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 16 Jan 09

why does the letter K stand for thousands? as in something cost 12k ($12,000) or carat? (24k gold).. jeeze the things my brain thinks of on cold medicine.. lol..

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What is carat(mass), carat(purity)?

asmurthy @asmurthy (2461) • India 18 Mar 07

The word is generaly used in jewelery business.

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Biggest diamond in 13 years goes to market

Lackingstyle @Lackingstyle (7509) 4 Oct 06

A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in 13 years and the 15th largest in the world, went on sale in Antwerp on Wednesday after...

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