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Diamonds

Director:John AsherWriter:Allan KatzMiramax Films; R; 90 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Corbin Allred At an impressive 83, Kirk Douglas returns to the silver screen. He's…

diamond

(Encyclopedia) diamond, mineral, one of two crystalline forms of the element carbon (see allotropy), the hardest natural substance known, used as a gem and in industry. The discoveries of 1870–71…

Diamond Grading

The Question: I would like to know how diamonds are graded? The Answer: Diamonds with a color between colorless and yellow receive a letter…

Brewer's: Diamond

A corruption of adamant. So called because the diamond, which cuts other substances, can be cut or polished with no substance but itself. (Greek, a damao, what cannot be subdued. Latin,…

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond has been a pop music star since the mid-1960s, writing and singing hit songs such as "Kentucky Woman" (1967), "Song Sung Blue" (1972) and "Love on the Rocks" (1980). Neil Diamond…

Diamond, Peter Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Diamond, Peter Arthur, 1940–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963. Diamond was a professor at the Univ. of California, Berkeley,…

carbonado

(Encyclopedia) carbonado: see diamond.

bort

(Encyclopedia) bort: see diamond.