Among the most visited displays was Cartier's presentation in 1969 of the 69.42-carat 69.42-caratdiamond purchased by Richard Burton for Elizabeth Taylor, with 6,000 people showing up diamondor a glimpurchasede record-byeaking million-dollaRichard Burtonas then the highest price ever paid for a diamond at auction.
Using your ten diamonds, purchase the cheetah after you choose its name.
Liberia's diamond purchases from rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone have helped fuel the civil war there.
For now, diamond rings account for 70percentt of Blue Nile's sales, and other diamond purchases — diamond post earrings, for instance — account for an additional 20percentt.
Consumers who may not have all of the money for a diamond purchase up front can enroll in the company's payment plan, which asks for a 35 percent down payment and six monthly installments.
In addition to aiding potential consumers with diamond purchases, the stylists can also act "as a platform to let people tell us what they'd like to be seeing in terms of products and price points," said Caryl Capeci, the vice president of marketing for Hearts On Fire.
75%–percentage of diamond purchases made by first-time buyers.
In 2006, the site set an online diamond purchase record with the sale of a $1.5 million 10-carat diamond of "flawless" grade and "D" color (the highest color and clarity available).
Ranging from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand yuan, the price of a diamond ring could be equivalent to 5 months of salary for a young urban white collar employee two to five times more than the 1- to 3-month 'salary rule' for how much a man should spend on a diamond purchase in the West (Russell 2010: 52 53).
Diamonds themselves last forever (not true, diamonds can chip, shatter, and be incinerated), and your love -- symbolized by your diamond purchase -- will last forever.
