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TAG Heuer Unveils The Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant-Garde 36mm Watch With Pink Lab-Grown Diamonds

As part of its novelties for Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023, TAG Heuer is showcasing its lab-grown diamond technology with two different thoroughly unconventional iced-out models. While the star of the show is the TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant-Garde Chronograph Tourbillon 44mm, which features its dial, bezel, case, and bracelet asymmetrically set with 124 clear diamonds (including a solid diamond winding crown), the second The Diamant d’Avant-Garde model debuts a different diamond-growing technology, and it represents the brand’s first use of colored lab-grown diamonds. Building upon the 36mm version of the standard time-and-date Carrera model, the new TAG Heuer

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‘A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical,’ Announces North American Tour

Neil Diamond - Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage

Neil Diamond – Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage

A multi-year North American tour of A Beautiful NoiseThe Neil Diamond Musical is set to begin in 2024. The tour will begin at Rhode Island’s Providence Performing Arts Center in the fall of 2024. A full list of cities will be announced soon.

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The bio-musical, which tells the story of a Grammy-winning artist Neil Diamondopened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater on December 4, 2022. It features a book by Anthony McCarten and a score consisting of songs from Diamond’s catalog.

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Here’s your chance to own a diamond-encrusted tiara

An early 20th Century diamond encrusted tiara will be sold at auction on Sunday.

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An early 20th Century diamond encrusted tiara will be sold at auction on Sunday.

An early 20th Century diamond-encrusted tiara will be up for grabs at Webb’s auction house on Sunday, the first the company has ever seen.

“It’s pretty exceptional,” said Christine Power, head of fine jewels at Webb’s.

“The story behind it is that [the owner’s] father purchased it for her before her wedding and she wore it on her wedding day.”

The auction includes leather bags for Hermès, Chanel and Louis Vuitton as well as a large collection of vintage jewelery.

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Transformational acquisition of the Ekati Diamond Mine, Canada

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PERTH, Australia, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Burgundy Diamond Mines has entered into a binding share purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Limited’s assets, most notably the world-class Ekati Diamond Mine, and other

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Regional boys basketball, state girls basketball tournaments continue

BOYS BASKETBALL

Division II regional finals

Regions 5

BOYS BASKETBALL

BUCHTEL 71, GILMOUR ACADEMY 55

Division II, Region 5 finals

GILMOUR (17-11): Lawless 3-0-7, Flowers 1-0-2, Rose 7-6-21, Molton 6-5-18, Titas 1-0-2, Dillard 1-0-2, Wahl 1-0-3. Totals 20-11-55.

BUCHTEL (21-6): Robinson 3-0-8, Maxwell 2-0-4, Boyce 12-4-29, Diamond 5-0-11, Thurmon 3-3-9, Pride 2-2-8, Marks 1-0-2. Totals 28-9-71.

Gilmour – 13 – 10 – 16 – 16 — 55

Buchtel – 19 – 18 – 20 – 14 — 71

3-pointers: Pride 2, Robinson 2, Boyce, Diamond, Rose, Lawless, Molton, Wahl. Total Fouls: Buchtel 14-10. turnovers: Gilmour 11-9.

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Botswana mining growth seen flat amid dim diamond outlook

Debswana, a joint venture between Botswana’s government and Anglo American Plc’s De Beers, which produces almost all of Botswana’s diamonds, registered an 8% growth in output in 2022 to 24.1 million carats. Diamond trading grew 41% in the year as Botswana also benefitted from Western buyers shunning stones from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

In 2023, Botswana expects diamond output to decline by 1%, while diamond trading growth is seen slowing to 7% from 41% last year.

“We see the diamond sector having a bit of a tough year due to an expected slowdown in consumer demand particularly in

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Camilla swaps the Kohinoor diamond for another controversial stone on her coronation crown

After much speculation, Camilla, the queen consort, won’t wear the controversial Kohinoor diamond that critics say was plundered under British rule — but some see the decision as an empty gesture.

The royal family announced this week that Queen Mary’s crown, which held a replica of the Kohinoor diamond, would be reset without the stone ahead of the coronation of King Charles III.

The crown will instead include the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. The stones, mined from South Africa, were part of her personal jewelry collection as brooches, but they are

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Penn State students show support for Thon in many ways

Hannah Gowdy was involved with mini-Thon at her high school and when she arrived at Penn State, her goal was to join the largest student-run philanthropy in the world — Penn State’s IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.

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Better known as Thon, the 46-hour dance marathon that raises money for Four Diamonds families impacted by childhood cancer kicked off at 6 p.m. Friday. Gowdy, a senior, was previously on the Donor and Alumni Relations Committee and Communications Committee, then a special event chair and eventual primary chair for her sorority Tri Sigma.

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Now a dancer, Gowdy has seen Thon

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