Funky Diamonds is the self-titled debut of german girl group Funky Diamonds.
(Release Date 31.08.1997)
“Four Little Diamonds” is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra from their 1983 album Secret Messages. It also featured on their compilation albums Afterglow and Flashback.
The song refers to the search made by the singer for his cheating lover who emotionally conned him out of a ring which had ‘Four Little Diamonds’ set into it.
The song is featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the radio station Flash FM
“Thunder” is a song by Prince and the New Power Generation, from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. It was issued as a 12-inch single picture disc in the UK only. The lyrics refer to the night Prince decided to withdraw The Black Album, when he was rumored to have suffered a bad ecstasy trip.
The B-sides were previously released on the “Gett Off” maxi-single: “Violet the Organ Grinder” and “Gett Off” (Thrust Dub)
Aber Diamond Corporation (; ) is a Toronto, Canada specialist diamond mining and retail company.
The company holds a 40% stake in the Diavik Diamonds Project. Production at the Diavik Diamond Mine, Canada’s second diamond mine, is operated by Aber’s joint venture partner, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group. The mine began producing diamonds in November 2002.
Aber’s participation in the retail segment of the diamond pipeline is by means of its 51% controlling interest in Harry Winston, which they purchased in 2004. As of October 2006, Aber has a 100% ownership in Harry Winston.
Aside from its corporate office in Toronto, Aber Diamond also has a rough diamond sorting faciilty in Toronto and a marketing office in Antwerp, Belgium. Aber Diamond sells Tiffany & Co. about 25% of the diamonds in Aber’s share and sells the remainder on the Antwerp open diamond market through its rough diamond dealer subsidiary, Aber International.
The Ocean Dream is a diamond measuring 5.51 carats (1.102 g), rated in color as Fancy Deep Blue-Green by the Gemological Institute of America. The Ocean Dream is the only natural diamond known to the GIA to possess a blue-green hue, making it one of the rarest diamonds in the world. (A blue-green colour is commonly seen in artificially enhanced diamonds, whose colour is imparted by various irradiation methods.) After careful study, the GIA concluded that its distinct hue is a result of millions of years of exposure to natural radiation. The Ocean Dream originated in Central Africa, and is currently owned by the Cora Diamond Corporation.
The Ocean Dream was displayed as part of the Smithsonian’s “The Splendor of Diamonds” exhibit, alongside the De Beers Millennium Star, The Heart of Eternity and the Moussaieff Red.
Shock diamonds (also known as Mach diamonds or Mach disks) are a formation of shock waves in the exhaust plume of an aerospace propulsion system, such as a supersonic jet engine, rocket, ramjet, or scramjet. It is formed when the supersonic exhaust from a nozzle is slightly over or under-expanded, meaning that the pressure of the gases exiting the nozzle is different from the ambient pressure. A complex flow field results as the shock wave is reflected at the free jet boundary, and the visible diamond-shaped pattern that gives the shock diamond its name, is formed.
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Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people’s work, and on this album she covered songs by Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, and Jackson Browne. But Diamonds & Rust also contained a number of her own compositions, including the title track, a haunting song written about Bob Dylan. In fact, she was covered herself as this song appeared on British heavy metal band Judas Priest’s 1977 album Sin After Sin.
Her cover of Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate” features Baez doing a very convincing impression of the song’s composer.
An alternate recording of “Dida” had appeared on the previous year’s Gracias A la Vida. The Diamonds & Rust recording of the song was more uptempo and featured duet vocals by Joni Mitchell.
Aziz Salih Nuhmah was appointed Iraqi governor of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. He is a member of the “dirty dozen”, allegedly responsible for torture and murder in Iraq. He was taken into custody on May 22nd, 2003, according to www.centcom.mil.
Nuhmah is the King of Diamonds in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.
The Crown of Queen Adelaide was the consort crown of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife and Queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom. It was used at the coronation of William and Adelaide in 1831. It was emptied of its jewels soon afterwards, was not worn again by Queen Adelaide, and has never been worn since.
Since the 1690s English and British queens consort had been crowned with the Crown of Mary of Modena, first made for the wife of King James II. However criticism of the continued use of this crown had mounted, for reasons of age, size, state of repair and because it was seen to be too theatrical and undignified. In the preparations for the coronation in 1831 it was ruled that the Modena crown was “unfit for Her Majesty’s use”. Plans were made for the creation of a new consort crown.
The new crown following British crown tradition in having four half arches, meeting a globe, on top of which sat a cross. The Queen had objected to the standard practice of hiring diamonds and jewels for a crown prior to its use. Instead diamonds from her own private jewellery were installed in her new crown. Following the coronation, the diamonds were all removed, and the crown stored as a shell.
Since Queen Adelaide, all British queens consort have had their own special consort crown made for them, rather than wearing the crowns of any of their predecessors. Later consort crowns were made for Alexandra of Denmark (1902), Mary of Teck (1911) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937).