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Glass Gem corn was created in the 1980s when Barnes cross bred a mixture of Pawnee miniature popcorn, Osage Red Flour, and Osage Greyhorse corns. Barnes isolated the three varieties of ancestral corns from plants which volunteered in his fields. These corns were historically grown by the Cherokee and the Pawnee. This created a small-eared corn ...
Glass Gem corn, a unique variety of rainbow-colored corn, became an Internet sensation in 2012 when a photo of the sparkling cob was posted to Facebook.. Shortly after, the company that sells the ...
Some 85% of the world's rough diamonds, 50% of cut diamonds, and 40% of industrial diamonds are traded in Antwerp, Belgium—the diamond center of the world. [28] The city of Antwerp also hosts the Antwerpsche Diamantkring, created in 1929 to become the first and biggest diamond bourse dedicated to rough diamonds. [29]
The main stone, named the Graff Lesedi La Rona, is the world's largest emerald-cut diamond. It is a D-color (totally colorless), high-clarity stone weighing 302.37 carats (60.474 g; 2.1332 oz). According to Graff, the stone is the "largest highest clarity, highest color diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA)".
Gemcon Group was established in 1979 through Castle Construction. [1] It was founded by Kazi Shahid Ahmed who was also the chairperson of the group. [2] [3] It is a family owned company; Ahmed's three sons, Kazi Anis Ahmed, [4] Kazi Inam Ahmed, and Kazi Nabil Ahmed, are directors of the company.
Samarian Spinel, the world's largest spinel; Menshikov Ruby, the world's second largest spinel set on top of the Great Imperial Crown of Russia; Timur Ruby, believed to be a ruby until 1851, hence its name; Black Prince's Ruby, the famous spinel mounted on the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom
Kollur Mine operated between the 16th and mid-19th centuries, [2] and was one of the largest and most productive diamond mines on the Indian subcontinent.At the height of production, around 30,000 – 60,000 people worked there, including men, women, and children of all ages. [3]
The Lesotho Promise, a 603 carat (121 g) diamond stone of exceptional colour was unearthed on 22 August 2006 [1] at the Letseng diamond mine in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. Announced on 4 October 2006, [2] it was the largest reported find this century and the 15th largest diamond ever found. The stone is rated 'D', the top colour band for ...