It often strikes a man to inquire what is the chief good in life; to one the thought comes that it is a happy marriage, to another great wealth, and as each seizes on his idea, for that he more or less works for the rest of his existence.

Rudyard Kipling

Rhodes was the ultimate imperialist, he believed, above all else, in the glory of the British Empire and the superiority of the Englishman and British Rule, and saw it as his God given task to expand the Empire, not only for the good of that Empire, but, as he believed, for the good of all peoples over whom she would …

Rhodes wanted to expand the British Empire because he believed that the Anglo-Saxon race was destined to greatness. In his last will and testament, Rhodes said of the English, “I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race.

In Britain, this reignited protests demanding the toppling of Cecil Rhodes’ statue at Oxford University’s Oriel College. The Rhodes Must Fall campaign, first conceived in March 2015, was originally directed against the bronze statue of Rhodes at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

He was ranked as the richest person in South Africa on Forbes list of The World’s Billionaires for 2019, with a fortune reported as US$7.3 billion and, again, on its 2020 list, with a reported fortune of US$7.6 billion in August 2020.

Top five largest diamond mining companies in the world

1. ALROSA – 38.5 million carats.
2. De Beers – 30.78 million carats.
3. Debswana Diamond – 23.3 million carats.
4. Rio Tinto Diamonds – 17.03 million carats.
5. Dominion Diamond – 6.7 million carats.

The largest diamond producing country in 2020 was Russia, and secondly Australia. In that year Australia produced about 12 million carats of diamonds. The total global production of rough diamonds amounted to 142 million carats in 2019.

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The earliest recorded cultures used diamonds to portray strength, the value of love, and even instruments of magic. That value is likely due to a diamond’s natural strength and unique visual appearance in combination with its relative rarity. Even a low-grade gem-quality diamond is still a thing of value and beauty.

The world’s rarest diamonds available to buy

• The Pink Legacy.
• Lesedi La Rona rough diamond.
• Graff Venus.
• The Cullinan Heritage diamond.
• The Golden Empress diamond.
• The Millennium Star diamond.
• The Graff Pink diamond.
• The Incomparable diamond.

While Americans are buying more diamond jewelry than ever before, most polished diamonds are getting steadily cheaper. Their profits evaporated as polished stones lost value, banks tightened financing, and top producer De Beers held firm with prices it demands for the rough diamonds it digs up. Rough diamonds.

Synthetic diamond (also referred to as laboratory-grown diamond, laboratory-created diamond, or cultured diamond) is a diamond made of the same material as natural diamonds: pure carbon, crystallized in an isotropic 3D form.

A diamond simulant, diamond imitation or imitation diamond is an object or material with gemological characteristics similar to those of a diamond. Simulants are distinct from synthetic diamonds, which are actual diamonds having the same material properties as natural diamonds.

Lab grown diamonds are identical to their natural counterparts in every way, except they are grown in a lab from a diamond seed instead of pulled from the earth. Diamonds are made up almost entirely of pure carbon. That’s why both lab diamonds and mined diamonds have the exact same physical properties.

Are Lab-Created Diamonds Worth Anything? Lab-created diamonds are less valuable than natural diamonds. But, unless you’re dropping some serious cash on a large, high-color white diamond — or a rare fancy colored diamond, like a blue diamond — a natural diamond isn’t going to appreciate much in value.

Lab Made Diamonds are Not the Eco-Friendly Choice The final reason to rethink lab-grown diamonds is that they aren’t as good for the environment as they are made out to be. The biggest rationale many people have for choosing manmade diamonds is that they believe they are better for the environment.

Beyond electricity, lab created diamonds consume significantly less water per carat than their mined counterparts—18 gallons vs. 126 gallons—and have startlingly lower carbon emissions. Bottom line, if you believe in global warming, there’s no better way to flaunt your support than with a big, shiny, lab created rock.

Yes. GIA has been grading laboratory-grown diamonds since 2007. Beginning July 1, 2019, GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Reports and identification reports no longer use the term “synthetic.” The GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report includes the standard GIA color, clarity and cut grading scales for reference purposes.