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Music Friday: Cut Like Precious Diamonds, TobyMac Reflects the Sun in ‘Lights Shine Bright’
on Sep 15 2017
Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you inspirational songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Christian hip-hop recording artist TobyMac collaborates with American Idol contestant Hollyn on “Lights Shine Bright,” an uplifting tune about making the world a better place. In “Lights Shine Bright,” TobyMac wants to...
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Royal Treatment: 3,500-Year-Old Tomb of Egyptian Goldsmith and His Wife Discovered in Luxor
on Sep 14 2017
Ancient Egyptians were captivated by gold. They considered gold “the skin of the gods” and associated it with eternity. They wore elaborate jewelry to enhance their beauty, indicate their social status and to express their spirituality. Egypt’s connection with gold dates back more than 5,000 years, and the goldsmiths who worked with the precious metal...
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Bounce, Bounce, Plop: Anxious Suitor Fumbles Engagement Ring on Picturesque Footbridge in KC
on Sep 13 2017
With his hands sweating and his heart thumping, Seth Dixon became an accidental media star early this week when he fumbled a diamond engagement ring through the planks of a wooden footbridge in Kansas City. The 26-second video of a marriage proposal gone horribly wrong has caught the attention of major media outlets from coast...
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Wildly Divergent Hues Are the Stars of Pantone’s Fashion Color Trend Report for Spring 2018
on Sep 12 2017
Wildly divergent hues unbounded by traditional guidelines, seasonal borders or gender norms are the stars of Pantone’s Fashion Color Trend Report for the spring of 2018. The “untypical” palette reflects the top 12 colors seen on the catwalks during NY Fashion Week, which concludes tomorrow in Manhattan. Meadowlark / Cherry Tomato / Little Boy Blue...
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Category 4 Hurricane Irma Fails to Thwart Tulsa Man’s Key West Surprise Marriage Proposal
on Sep 11 2017
Months ago, Tulsa native Russ Dugger scheduled a romantic vacation to scenic Key West, Fla., where he planned to surprise his girlfriend, Nadia Kyrylova, with a marriage proposal on the world famous beach. Little did he know that they’d be crossing paths with a Category 4 hurricane. The couple checked into their Key West hotel...
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Music Friday: Mark Knopfler Scores a ‘Beautiful Find’ in His 2006 Release, ‘I Dug Up a Diamond’
on Sep 08 2017
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, Mark Knopfler scores a “beautiful find” in his 2006 release, “I Dug Up a Diamond.” When taken literally, the song written by Knopfler is about a diamond miner who makes an unbelievable discovery....
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De Beers Makes Largest Investment in Diamond Marketing Since 2008; Spending Set at $140 Million
on Sep 07 2017
Millennial shoppers will have diamond jewelry on their minds this holiday season thanks, in part, to a huge marketing push by the De Beers Group, which is set to spend $140 million by the end of the year. The budget is its biggest since 2008. For those of you unfamiliar with De Beers, these are...
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Lost for 9 Years, Diamond Engagement Ring Pried From a Gap in an Italian Sidewalk
on Sep 06 2017
The picturesque town of San Marco dei Cavoti in southern Italy is now world famous for two things: 1) the delightful honey-and-nut confection known as torrone and 2) a diamond engagement ring that was miraculously liberated from a gap in one of its sidewalks — nine years after it was lost. In the summer of...
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98-Carat Bismarck Sapphire Was a Honeymoon Gift From the Wealthiest Man in America
on Sep 05 2017
In 1926, at the age of 53, American tycoon Harrison Williams married Mona Bush, a divorcée 24 years his junior. Aboard his 250-foot yacht, the Warrior, the couple departed on a year-long, around-the-world honeymoon, and during a stopover in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), the wealthiest man in America picked up a beautiful cornflower blue bauble...
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on Sep 01 2017
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fun songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the heartthrob boy band NSYNC compares gemstones to a very special woman in 1999’s “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You.” They croon, “In all of creation, all things great...
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Apollo Astronaut Nearly Lost His Wedding Ring in Space — Fact or Fiction?
on Aug 31 2017
Former Apollo astronaut Charles “Charlie” Moss Duke Jr. loves to tell the story about how fellow astronaut Ken Mattingly nearly lost his wedding ring in outer space. The circumstances surrounding how he got it back are so remarkable that the story has attained folklore status in the annals of space exploration. According to Duke, on...
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on Aug 30 2017
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City is about to close the lid on its fully functional 18-karat gold toilet, with the final flush taking place on September 15. Called “America,” the single work of art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has dazzled and delighted museum-goers for the past year. The installation features...
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Survey: Millennial Women Prefer ‘The Real Deal’ When Buying Diamonds and Luxury Items
on Aug 24 2017
Despite being tempted by a retail environment flush with fast fashion and unlimited choices, millennial women would prefer to adhere to the maxim of “buy less, buy better.” According to a survey conducted on behalf of the Diamond Producers Association, the vast majority of millennial women prefer “the real deal” when purchasing diamonds and luxury...
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Experiment Supports Theory That ‘Diamond Showers’ Take Place on Uranus and Neptune
on Aug 23 2017
At Stanford University, an international team of scientists finally simulated the “shower of diamonds” that they believe is taking place deep within Uranus and Neptune. Uranus and Neptune are both classified as “ice giants.” Unlike the Earth, their solid cores are likely swathed in thick layers of “ice” made from the combination of water and...
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70-Carat Asscher-Cut Diamond Stars at Model’s Fairytale Wedding to Russian Billionaire
on Aug 22 2017
Model Ksenia Tsaritsina’s fairytale wedding to Russian billionaire Aleksey Shapovalov included a “suspended” eight-tier cake, illuminated dance floor, two bridal dresses, live pop-star entertainment and a 70-carat Asscher-cut diamond ring valued at $10.5 million. For those of you keeping score at home, the diamond alone weighs more than a quarter of a pound. Shapovalov told Cosmopolitan...
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Music Friday: Marc Scibilia’s ‘On the Way’ Inspires Us to ‘Sparkle Just Like Diamonds’
on Aug 18 2017
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great, new songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, singer-songwriter Marc Scibilia celebrates the season of sun, surf and wanderlust in a catchy tune that inspires us to “sparkle just like diamonds.” TV watchers will recognize “On the Way” from the...
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For the Third Time in Five Years, Carrot Pops From a Veggie Patch Wearing Bridal Jewelry
on Aug 17 2017
So, what’s the deal with bridal jewelry and root vegetables? For the third time in a little more than five years, the internet is abuzz with a miraculous story of a long-lost ring that has turned up in a vegetable patch — with the carrot growing right through the center of the band. In Alberta,...
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Shocking ‘Pavlok’ Bracelet Is Designed to Break You of Your Bad Habits
on Aug 16 2017
Five years ago, chronic procrastinator Maneesh Sethi hired a woman via Craigslist to slap him in the face any time he strayed off task. The $8-per-hour investment in “Kara The Slapper” quickly paid big dividends, as Sethi quadrupled his productivity AND spawned the concept of Pavlok, a bracelet that can deliver a behavior-altering jolt with...
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on Aug 15 2017
A Fort McMurray man was reunited with his beloved wedding ring — just in time for his 10th anniversary — after it was spotted by an eagle-eyed sorter at the municipal recycling center. Darren Sammann can’t imagine how his wedding ring made its way to the landfill managed by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo...
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Injured Officer Recruits University of Kentucky Police to Assist With Traffic-Stop Marriage Proposal
on Aug 14 2017
A retired law-enforcement officer who was dragged nearly 20 feet and run over while attempting an arrest 13 months ago is now the happiest guy in Lexington, Ky., after his girlfriend said “Yes” to an unusual traffic-stop marriage proposal. Shepherdsville Police Officer Rocco Besednjak, who was forced to retired due to the seriousness of his...
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