Large Diamond Find

janmike
janmike Posts: 6,146
edited July 2008 in The Clubhouse
This 25.13 carat diamond, weighing just over five grams and valued at $440,000 US, was unearthed from De Beers Canada and Mountain Province Diamonds' Gahcho Ku
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2008
    Mike,

    Hate to say this but my wife has a larger one.

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  • janmike
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    edited July 2008
    So your wife wears a piece of ice valued at let's say over 1/2 a million? All I can say is WOW Steve. And what mine did that come out of?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2008
    Mine I don't care about the mine, it's all in the CUT dud.

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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2008
    Your a better man than I am Steve.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2008
    OK Mike just don't forget that fact. ;)

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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2008
    Never have, never will. I knew that when I met you down in Georgia. :rolleyes:
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2008
    :(:(:(

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  • jephdood
    jephdood Posts: 1,671
    edited July 2008
    Too bad they didn't shoot it next to an American quarter. It would look even bigger. :)
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2008
    Lasareath wrote: »
    looks like quartz to me

    It's a raw diamond.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,057
    edited July 2008
    That's a nice size and to think they are not even in the swing of things, who knows what lies there. I've been watching Ice road truckers ( not the best show in the world) but wow! I see the temp out there and the signs and think of you!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2008
    Too bad they didn't show how many people had to die for it.
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,860
    edited July 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Too bad they didn't show how many people had to die for it.

    mines are in Canada, not Africa..didnt know they were killing Canadians for diamonds...certainly not as many as we kill here mining coal.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,057
    edited July 2008
    We don't kill people in Canada while looking for diamonds...at least not on purpose.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited July 2008
    Nice diamond.

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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited July 2008
    that's CZ...:p
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  • Frank840
    Frank840 Posts: 262
    edited July 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Too bad they didn't show how many people had to die for it.

    i think you watch "Blood Diamond" to much.. good movie tho
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited July 2008
    That's just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2008
    Frank840 wrote: »
    i think you watch "Blood Diamond" to much.. good movie tho

    It is a good movie, though the issue is real and certainly older than the movie.


    Missed that it was Canadian though, which makes my post mostly irrelevant. My bad.
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  • carpenter
    carpenter Posts: 362
    edited July 2008
    Apparently I'm the only one who thinks that diamonds are simply VULGAR :o
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2008
    No, there are lots of guilty people in this world.
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  • carpenter
    carpenter Posts: 362
    edited July 2008
    ... giving ya the credit that you're interested in staying on topic ....

    Guilt has nothing to do with it. actually I don't know that much about the mining industry.
    Its just that I never got the point of the blin blin culture. people put those things in their teeth, and on all five fingers ... and for what? its just a shiny rock.
    Diamonds are not even that rare, as they actually need a world wide monopoly to control the availability of diamonds on the markets, in order to create an artificial shortage.

    Besides, from what I've seen,hot women, don't need those things to look good.
    "If the global crisis continues, by the end of the year Only two Banks will be operational, the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank. Then these 2 banks will merge and it will be called 'The Bloody **** Bank'"
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  • Ricardo
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    edited July 2008
    carpenter wrote: »
    ... giving ya the credit that you're interested in staying on topic ....

    Guilt has nothing to do with it. actually I don't know that much about the mining industry.
    Its just that I never got the point of the blin blin culture. people put those things in their teeth, and on all five fingers ... and for what? its just a shiny rock.
    Diamonds are not even that rare, as they actually need a world wide monopoly to control the availability of diamonds on the markets, in order to create an artificial shortage.

    Besides, from what I've seen,hot women, don't need those things to look good.


    So true.....can you make my wife understand all this?
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  • carpenter
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    edited July 2008
    If you'll make my wife understand that I can't see the difference between a 200$ and a 2000$ pair of boots :)
    "If the global crisis continues, by the end of the year Only two Banks will be operational, the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank. Then these 2 banks will merge and it will be called 'The Bloody **** Bank'"
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited July 2008
    Michael, are you out there on weekends with a pick and shovel trying to unearth one of these rocks to support any audio upgrades that you may be pondering?:D
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  • Demiurge
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    edited July 2008
    carpenter wrote: »
    ... giving ya the credit that you're interested in staying on topic ....

    Guilt has nothing to do with it. actually I don't know that much about the mining industry.
    Its just that I never got the point of the blin blin culture. people put those things in their teeth, and on all five fingers ... and for what? its just a shiny rock.
    Diamonds are not even that rare, as they actually need a world wide monopoly to control the availability of diamonds on the markets, in order to create an artificial shortage.

    Besides, from what I've seen,hot women, don't need those things to look good.

    It doesn't? It may not for you, but you called them VULGAR. Why?

    Show a bunch of people getting slaughtered for something you pay a lot of money for and wear on your body has a tendency to make people feel guilty. As if somehow their purchase of a product makes them responsible for how it it was obtained. How come most people don't care about what employees (or slaves) went through to make some of their clothing? Because it didn't cost $5,000 for your shirt? The reality is that there are mining operations that make sure that type of stuff doesn't happen. Just as not all clothing manufacturers are employing sweat shops to produce their products.

    If there's a conspiracy to keep diamond prices inflated, don't buy them if it's too expensive for you. They're only worth what someone is willing to pay for them, and they're not a necessity.

    I don't get the hype about diamonds either, but whatever. I try not to date superficial women and hopefully one would realize putting that money into a house would be smarter than buying the biggest rock we can't afford.
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  • carpenter
    carpenter Posts: 362
    edited July 2008
    I really can't comment on the ethics of the diamond industry because I'm not fluent with the facts.
    I've heard about the injustice going on in Africa but I also understand there are diamonds in countries such
    as Russia and Canada, and things are different over there.

    conspiracy? don't know. Cartel? yes sir. they payed hundreds of millions in settlements (in the US alone) for fixing the price of diamonds.

    I guess I think diamonds are vulgar for the same reasons you think the women who want them are superficial.
    "If the global crisis continues, by the end of the year Only two Banks will be operational, the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank. Then these 2 banks will merge and it will be called 'The Bloody **** Bank'"
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Show a bunch of people getting slaughtered for something you pay a lot of money for and wear on your body has a tendency to make people feel guilty. As if somehow their purchase of a product makes them responsible for how it it was obtained. How come most people don't care about what employees (or slaves) went through to make some of their clothing?

    I don't see why it's so bad to feel "guilty" about it. Yes, if you buy something that is obtained by some horrific method that causes deaths, you're allowed to feel guilty. I try not to get all preachy about it, I just speak with my wallet as you suggest, but is it really so bad to choose what you buy based on that type of criteria? You make people seem like villains for giving a crap about human suffering.

    I'm no bleeding heart but it doesn't mean I can't at least try to care occasionally.

    Hell, even if you don't care, everyone here **** about Bose not because their products are all that terrible but because their marketing is dishonest and their product is overpriced. How is the diamond industry any different? It's falsely inflated, overpriced and dishonestly marketed.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited July 2008
    Just think how many stylus that puppy would make!
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I don't see why it's so bad to feel "guilty" about it. Yes, if you buy something that is obtained by some horrific method that causes deaths, you're allowed to feel guilty. I try not to get all preachy about it, I just speak with my wallet as you suggest, but is it really so bad to choose what you buy based on that type of criteria? You make people seem like villains for giving a crap about human suffering.

    I'm no bleeding heart but it doesn't mean I can't at least try to care occasionally.

    Hell, even if you don't care, everyone here **** about Bose not because their products are all that terrible but because their marketing is dishonest and their product is overpriced. How is the diamond industry any different? It's falsely inflated, overpriced and dishonestly marketed.

    I didn't say it's not okay for you to feel guilty, but I think it's wrong to lay that guilt trip on others. Especially since most diamonds aren't obtained in the manner so often suggested. That wouldn't make for a good movie.

    There are all sorts of messed up things going on in the world. I'm happy I live here and not where those things are happening. We've had hard times here and people worked through it. Other countries need to do that as well.

    As far as pricing goes -- I don't believe that non-necessities such as diamonds are worth anymore than what someone will buy the product for. Women don't need them, as much as they like to act like they do.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2008
    schwarcw wrote: »
    Michael, are you out there on weekends with a pick and shovel trying to unearth one of these rocks to support any audio upgrades that you may be pondering?:D

    God knows I should be. Funny thing. Since I joined Polk Audio and met some of you I have spent more money on audio in the past 5 years that I have in all the other years. And there are a few years. My wife just keeps saying that is sound GREAT. What can I say.

    Only ONE piece to go Carl - THE AMP.
    Michael ;)
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