Diamond: a journey to the heart of an obsession

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The history of mans love affair with a completely useless gem. Historically they have attracted crimes of passion and awful cold-blooded efficiency, have bedazzled the greatest filmstars and the most opulent courts, and provided the incentive for adventure, destruction and greed on a monumental scale.

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