(268,1,'2010-05-17 07:42:13','2010-05-17 07:42:13','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond on the ring finger. Laloo Yadav wears a ruby on the ring finger. Vijay Mallya wears an emerald on the little finger.','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-27','','','2010-05-17 07:42:13','2010-05-17 07:42:13','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-27',0,'revision','',0),(269,1,'2010-05-17 07:43:13','2010-05-17 07:43:13','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond on the ring finger. Laloo Yadav wears a ruby on the ring finger. Vijay Mallya wears an emerald on the little finger.','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-28','','','2010-05-17 07:43:13','2010-05-17 07:43:13','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-28',0,'revision','',0),(272,1,'2010-05-17 07:43:46','2010-05-17 07:43:46','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-31','','','2010-05-17 07:43:46','2010-05-17 07:43:46','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-31',0,'revision','',0),(271,1,'2010-05-17 07:43:15','2010-05-17 07:43:15','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond on the ring finger. Laloo Yadav wears a ruby on the ring finger. Vijay Mallya wears an emerald on the little finger.','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-30','','','2010-05-17 07:43:15','2010-05-17 07:43:15','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-30',0,'revision','',0),(273,1,'2010-05-17 07:43:46','2010-05-17 07:43:46','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-32','','','2010-05-17 07:43:46','2010-05-17 07:43:46','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-32',0,'revision','',0),(274,1,'2010-05-17 07:44:52','2010-05-17 07:44:52','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-33','','','2010-05-17 07:44:52','2010-05-17 07:44:52','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-33',0,'revision','',0),(275,1,'2010-05-17 07:44:54','2010-05-17 07:44:54','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-34','','','2010-05-17 07:44:54','2010-05-17 07:44:54','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-34',0,'revision','',0),(276,1,'2010-05-17 07:45:43','2010-05-17 07:45:43','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-35','','','2010-05-17 07:45:43','2010-05-17 07:45:43','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-35',0,'revision','',0),(277,1,'2010-05-17 07:46:58','2010-05-17 07:46:58','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-36','','','2010-05-17 07:46:58','2010-05-17 07:46:58','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-36',0,'revision','',0),(278,1,'2010-05-17 07:47:10','2010-05-17 07:47:10','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-37','','','2010-05-17 07:47:10','2010-05-17 07:47:10','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-37',0,'revision','',0),(281,1,'2010-05-17 07:54:18','2010-05-17 07:54:18','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\n\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\n\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\n\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\n\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\n\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\n\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\n\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\n\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\n\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\n\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\n\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\n\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-40','','','2010-05-17 07:54:18','2010-05-17 07:54:18','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-40',0,'revision','',0),(280,1,'2010-05-17 07:52:09','2010-05-17 07:52:09','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral-gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-39','','','2010-05-17 07:52:09','2010-05-17 07:52:09','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-39',0,'revision','',0),(282,1,'2010-05-17 07:54:22','2010-05-17 07:54:22','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-41','','','2010-05-17 07:54:22','2010-05-17 07:54:22','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-41',0,'revision','',0),(284,1,'2010-05-17 08:04:59','2010-05-17 08:04:59','','gemfields-launches-website','','inherit','open','open','','gemfields-launches-website','','','2010-05-17 08:04:59','2010-05-17 08:04:59','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(283,1,'2010-05-17 07:54:29','2010-05-17 07:54:29','<p><strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong></p>\r\n<p>Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?</p>\r\n<p>If they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.</p>\r\n<p>Actor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.</p>\r\n<p>The stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.</p>\r\n<p>For Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.</p>\r\n<p>Actor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.</p>\r\n<p>It\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.</p>\r\n<p>Ekta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.</p>\r\n<p>Gujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.</p>\r\n<p>Actor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.</p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p>9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.</p>\r\n<p>Singer Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]</p>\r\n<p><strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong></p>\r\n<p>Salman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon</p>\r\n','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-42','','','2010-05-17 07:54:29','2010-05-17 07:54:29','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-42',0,'revision','',0),(285,1,'2010-05-17 07:54:35','2010-05-17 07:54:35','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-43','','','2010-05-17 07:54:35','2010-05-17 07:54:35','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-43',0,'revision','',0),(286,1,'2010-05-17 08:09:17','2010-05-17 08:09:17','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of the world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-44','','','2010-05-17 08:09:17','2010-05-17 08:09:17','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-44',0,'revision','',0),(287,1,'2010-05-17 08:09:28','2010-05-17 08:09:28','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of the world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-45','','','2010-05-17 08:09:28','2010-05-17 08:09:28','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-45',0,'revision','',0),(288,1,'2010-05-17 08:12:02','2010-05-17 08:12:02','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\n\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\n\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\n\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\n\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\n\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\n\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\n\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\n\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\n\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\n\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\n\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\n\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\n\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of the world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-46','','','2010-05-17 08:12:02','2010-05-17 08:12:02','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-46',0,'revision','',0),(290,1,'2010-05-17 08:30:05','2010-05-17 08:30:05','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\n\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\n\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\n\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\n\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\n\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\n\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\n\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\n\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\n\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\n\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\n\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\n\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\n\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-48','','','2010-05-17 08:30:05','2010-05-17 08:30:05','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-48',0,'revision','',0),(289,1,'2010-05-17 08:27:57','2010-05-17 08:27:57','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of the world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-47','','','2010-05-17 08:27:57','2010-05-17 08:27:57','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-47',0,'revision','',0),(291,1,'2010-05-17 08:30:52','2010-05-17 08:30:52','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-49','','','2010-05-17 08:30:52','2010-05-17 08:30:52','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-49',0,'revision','',0),(292,1,'2010-05-17 08:31:03','2010-05-17 08:31:03','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-50','','','2010-05-17 08:31:03','2010-05-17 08:31:03','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-50',0,'revision','',0),(293,1,'2010-05-17 08:38:46','2010-05-17 08:38:46','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-51','','','2010-05-17 08:38:46','2010-05-17 08:38:46','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-51',0,'revision','',0),(297,1,'2010-05-17 08:39:03','2010-05-17 08:39:03','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in colour. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-52','','','2010-05-17 08:39:03','2010-05-17 08:39:03','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-52',0,'revision','',0),(315,1,'2010-05-17 10:09:37','2010-05-17 10:09:37','','awester-diamond-day_biggstock','Awester diamond','inherit','open','open','','awester-diamond-day_biggstock','','','2010-05-17 10:09:37','2010-05-17 10:09:37','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(349,1,'2010-05-18 07:40:04','2010-05-18 07:40:04','','gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock','','inherit','open','open','','gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock','','','2010-05-18 07:40:04','2010-05-18 07:40:04','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(350,1,'2010-05-18 07:41:43','2010-05-18 07:41:43','','gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock','Gems diamond rough','inherit','open','open','','gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock-2','','','2010-05-18 07:41:43','2010-05-18 07:41:43','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(351,1,'2010-05-18 07:43:22','2010-05-18 07:43:22','','ige_biggstock','I G E','inherit','open','open','','ige_biggstock','','','2010-05-18 07:43:22','2010-05-18 07:43:22','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif',0,'attachment','image/gif',0),(372,1,'2010-05-18 08:12:28','2010-05-18 08:12:28','','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-14','','','2010-05-18 08:12:28','2010-05-18 08:12:28','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-14',0,'revision','',0),(352,1,'2010-05-18 07:44:49','2010-05-18 07:44:49','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\n\n<strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_350\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-350\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong>[/caption]\n\n</strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices. The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_351\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision','','','2010-05-18 07:44:49','2010-05-18 07:44:49','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision',0,'revision','',0),(1102,1,'2010-06-25 06:15:45','2010-06-25 06:15:45','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\r\n\r\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\r\n\r\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\r\n\r\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\r\n\r\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=34177\" target=\"_blank\" >Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit</a>	\r\n\r\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','publish','open','open','','harry-winston-diamond-secures-100-million-mining-credit','','','2010-06-25 06:19:39','2010-06-25 06:19:39','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=1102',0,'post','',0),(1103,1,'2010-06-25 05:57:53','2010-06-25 05:57:53','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\n\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\n\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\n\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\n\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-revision','','','2010-06-25 05:57:53','2010-06-25 05:57:53','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-revision',0,'revision','',0),(354,1,'2010-05-18 07:50:10','2010-05-18 07:50:10','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_350\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-350\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices. The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF:\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_351\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-3','','','2010-05-18 07:50:10','2010-05-18 07:50:10','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(353,1,'2010-05-18 07:49:10','2010-05-18 07:49:10','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_350\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-350\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices. The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.idexonline.com/image_bank/<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_351\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 130px;\"><dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">I G E</dd></dl></div>\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. 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The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. 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The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. 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The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_351\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. 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The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. 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Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. 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Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_351\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nIGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. 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The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.</p>\r\n<p>The average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt</p>\r\n<p>REF:<a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" mce_href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a><br mce_bogus=\"1\"></p>\r\n<p></p><div class=\"mceTemp\" draggable=\"\"><dl id=\"attachment_351\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 130px;\"><dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" mce_href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" mce_src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\"></a><br mce_bogus=\"1\"></dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">I G E</dd></dl></div><p></p>\r\n<p><b>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</b></p>\r\n<p><b> </b></p>\r\n<p>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.</p>\r\n<p>IGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel </p><p>REF:<a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" mce_href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a></p><p><b>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </b><br>\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings</p>\r\n<p><b>Trans Hex Receives New License </b></p>\r\n<p>Trans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance</p>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-10','','','2010-05-18 08:10:20','2010-05-18 08:10:20','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(373,1,'2010-05-18 08:22:18','2010-05-18 08:22:18','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n</strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n</strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-15','','','2010-05-18 08:22:18','2010-05-18 08:22:18','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-15',0,'revision','',0),(386,1,'2010-05-18 09:07:54','2010-05-18 09:07:54','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\n\n\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\n\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\" >harshad</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-28','','','2010-05-18 09:07:54','2010-05-18 09:07:54','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-28',0,'revision','',0),(374,1,'2010-05-18 08:22:27','2010-05-18 08:22:27','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-16','','','2010-05-18 08:22:27','2010-05-18 08:22:27','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-16',0,'revision','',0),(375,1,'2010-05-18 08:22:30','2010-05-18 08:22:30','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-17','','','2010-05-18 08:22:30','2010-05-18 08:22:30','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-17',0,'revision','',0),(376,1,'2010-05-18 08:29:39','2010-05-18 08:29:39','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-18','','','2010-05-18 08:29:39','2010-05-18 08:29:39','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-18',0,'revision','',0),(377,1,'2010-05-18 08:29:51','2010-05-18 08:29:51','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-19','','','2010-05-18 08:29:51','2010-05-18 08:29:51','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-19',0,'revision','',0),(378,1,'2010-05-18 08:29:52','2010-05-18 08:29:52','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-20','','','2010-05-18 08:29:52','2010-05-18 08:29:52','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-20',0,'revision','',0),(384,1,'2010-05-18 09:05:16','2010-05-18 09:05:16','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-26','','','2010-05-18 09:05:16','2010-05-18 09:05:16','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-26',0,'revision','',0),(379,1,'2010-05-18 09:00:17','2010-05-18 09:00:17','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\n\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\n\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >harshad</a>\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\n\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.yourlink\" target=\"_blank\">harshad</a>\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-21','','','2010-05-18 09:00:17','2010-05-18 09:00:17','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-21',0,'revision','',0),(382,1,'2010-05-18 09:01:53','2010-05-18 09:01:53','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourlink\" target=\"_blank\">harshad</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-24','','','2010-05-18 09:01:53','2010-05-18 09:01:53','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-24',0,'revision','',0),(380,1,'2010-05-18 09:00:34','2010-05-18 09:00:34','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourlink\" target=\"_blank\">harshad</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-22','','','2010-05-18 09:00:34','2010-05-18 09:00:34','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-22',0,'revision','',0),(381,1,'2010-05-18 09:00:39','2010-05-18 09:00:39','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourlink\" target=\"_blank\">harshad</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-23','','','2010-05-18 09:00:39','2010-05-18 09:00:39','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-23',0,'revision','',0),(383,1,'2010-05-18 09:01:59','2010-05-18 09:01:59','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n&lt;a href = <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>” blank”&gt;Gem Q1 Sales Rise On Strong Prices &lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\">http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourlink\" target=\"_blank\">harshad</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-25','','','2010-05-18 09:01:59','2010-05-18 09:01:59','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-25',0,'revision','',0),(385,1,'2010-05-18 09:05:19','2010-05-18 09:05:19','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\">http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976</a>﻿','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-27','','','2010-05-18 09:05:19','2010-05-18 09:05:19','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-27',0,'revision','',0),(504,1,'2010-05-19 05:46:29','2010-05-19 05:46:29','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n','Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-37','','','2010-05-19 05:46:29','2010-05-19 05:46:29','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-37',0,'revision','',0),(387,1,'2010-05-18 09:08:44','2010-05-18 09:08:44','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\" >Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-29','','','2010-05-18 09:08:44','2010-05-18 09:08:44','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-29',0,'revision','',0),(388,1,'2010-05-18 09:09:10','2010-05-18 09:09:10','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\">http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\" >Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-30','','','2010-05-18 09:09:10','2010-05-18 09:09:10','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-30',0,'revision','',0),(389,1,'2010-05-18 09:11:45','2010-05-18 09:11:45','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\" >Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\" >Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-31','','','2010-05-18 09:11:45','2010-05-18 09:11:45','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-31',0,'revision','',0),(390,1,'2010-05-18 09:11:50','2010-05-18 09:11:50','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\" >Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\" >Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-32','','','2010-05-18 09:11:50','2010-05-18 09:11:50','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-32',0,'revision','',0),(391,1,'2010-05-18 09:12:00','2010-05-18 09:12:00','<strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe average price per carat from Letseng diamonds rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\" >Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea DiamondFields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with ENDIAMA to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\" >IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\" >Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-33','','','2010-05-18 09:12:00','2010-05-18 09:12:00','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-33',0,'revision','',0),(503,1,'2010-05-19 05:43:45','2010-05-19 05:43:45','<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\n\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea Diamond Fields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with <strong>ENDIAMA</strong> to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>\n\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\n\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\n\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-36','','','2010-05-19 05:43:45','2010-05-19 05:43:45','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-36',0,'revision','',0),(392,1,'2010-05-18 09:18:52','2010-05-18 09:18:52','<strong><strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea Diamond Fields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with <strong>ENDIAMA</strong> to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trans Hex Receives New License </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-34','','','2010-05-18 09:18:52','2010-05-18 09:18:52','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-34',0,'revision','',0),(434,1,'2010-05-05 05:37:19','2010-05-05 05:37:19','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','publish','open','open','','bhavani-gems-manufactures-world%e2%80%99s-smallest-diamond','','','2010-06-07 07:16:43','2010-06-07 07:16:43','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=434',0,'post','',0),(435,1,'2010-05-18 11:17:21','2010-05-18 11:17:21','<strong>Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\n\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\n\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\n\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision','','','2010-05-18 11:17:21','2010-05-18 11:17:21','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision',0,'revision','',0),(440,1,'2010-05-18 11:21:41','2010-05-18 11:21:41','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-6','','','2010-05-18 11:21:41','2010-05-18 11:21:41','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(436,1,'2010-05-18 11:18:00','2010-05-18 11:18:00','<strong>Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-2','','','2010-05-18 11:18:00','2010-05-18 11:18:00','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(437,1,'2010-05-18 11:18:10','2010-05-18 11:18:10','<strong>Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-3','','','2010-05-18 11:18:10','2010-05-18 11:18:10','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(438,1,'2010-05-18 11:18:14','2010-05-18 11:18:14','<strong>Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-4','','','2010-05-18 11:18:14','2010-05-18 11:18:14','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(439,1,'2010-05-18 11:18:22','2010-05-18 11:18:22','<strong>Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-5','','','2010-05-18 11:18:22','2010-05-18 11:18:22','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(441,1,'2010-05-18 11:21:49','2010-05-18 11:21:49','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-7','','','2010-05-18 11:21:49','2010-05-18 11:21:49','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(442,1,'2010-05-18 11:21:52','2010-05-18 11:21:52','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-8','','','2010-05-18 11:21:52','2010-05-18 11:21:52','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(451,1,'2010-05-03 05:40:50','2010-05-03 05:40:50','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World’s Smallest Diamond','','publish','open','open','','surat-manufactured-worlds-smallest-diamond','','','2010-05-25 06:02:56','2010-05-25 06:02:56','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=451',0,'post','',0),(453,1,'2010-05-18 11:31:27','2010-05-18 11:31:27','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\n\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\n\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat manufactured world\'s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-2','','','2010-05-18 11:31:27','2010-05-18 11:31:27','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(452,1,'2010-05-18 11:29:14','2010-05-18 11:29:14','<h3>At .00006 gm, Surat\'s diamond is world\'s smallest</h3>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\n\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\n\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','At .00006 gm, Surat\'s Diamond Is World\'s Smallest','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision','','','2010-05-18 11:29:14','2010-05-18 11:29:14','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision',0,'revision','',0),(454,1,'2010-05-18 11:32:17','2010-05-18 11:32:17','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-3','','','2010-05-18 11:32:17','2010-05-18 11:32:17','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(455,1,'2010-05-18 11:32:25','2010-05-18 11:32:25','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-4','','','2010-05-18 11:32:25','2010-05-18 11:32:25','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(457,1,'2010-05-09 05:44:58','2010-05-09 05:44:58','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat’s Diamond Industry','','publish','open','open','','foreign-institutes-bedazzled-by-surats-diamond-industry','','','2010-05-25 06:02:25','2010-05-25 06:02:25','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=457',0,'post','',0),(458,1,'2010-05-18 11:36:01','2010-05-18 11:36:01','&lt;div&gt;&lt;dl id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 170px;\"&gt; &lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"&gt;&lt;img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Word\'s smallest diamond&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n\n&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The &lt;strong&gt;International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)&lt;/strong&gt;, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. &lt;strong&gt;Rohit Mehta,&lt;/strong&gt; president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\n\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\n\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\n\nREF: &lt;a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry&lt;/a&gt;','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision','','','2010-05-18 11:36:01','2010-05-18 11:36:01','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision',0,'revision','',0),(459,1,'2010-05-18 11:36:13','2010-05-18 11:36:13','&lt;div&gt;&lt;dl id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 170px;\"&gt; &lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"&gt;&lt;img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Word\'s smallest diamond&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The &lt;strong&gt;International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)&lt;/strong&gt;, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. &lt;strong&gt;Rohit Mehta,&lt;/strong&gt; president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: &lt;a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry&lt;/a&gt;','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-2','','','2010-05-18 11:36:13','2010-05-18 11:36:13','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(461,1,'2010-05-18 11:37:29','2010-05-18 11:37:29','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-4','','','2010-05-18 11:37:29','2010-05-18 11:37:29','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(460,1,'2010-05-18 11:36:19','2010-05-18 11:36:19','<p>&lt;div&gt;&lt;dl id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 170px;\"&gt; &lt;dt&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"&gt;&lt;img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Word\'s smallest diamond&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</p>\r\n<p>&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The &lt;strong&gt;International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)&lt;/strong&gt;, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. &lt;strong&gt;Rohit Mehta,&lt;/strong&gt; president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.</p>\r\n<p>Industry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.</p>\r\n<p>The IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.</p>\r\n<p>REF: &lt;a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry&lt;/a&gt;</p>\r\n','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-3','','','2010-05-18 11:36:19','2010-05-18 11:36:19','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(462,1,'2010-05-25 05:09:59','2010-05-25 05:09:59','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','publish','open','open','','arctic-love-diamonds-from-waldman-diamond-company','','','2010-05-25 06:02:04','2010-05-25 06:02:04','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=462',0,'post','',0),(463,1,'2010-05-18 11:41:59','2010-05-18 11:41:59','<a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Antwerp</strong><strong> Diamond Day held in Mumbai </strong></a>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_316\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 410px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock1.jpg\"><img title=\"awester-diamond-day_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" /></a></dt> <dd>Awester diamond day in Mumbai</dd> </dl></div>\nThe<strong> Antwerp World Diamond Centre </strong>(AWDC) hosted the latest edition of  its popular workshop and networking event “Antwerp Diamond Day” at the  Leela Kempinski hotel in Mumbai on March 25th 2010. The event was a part  of the economic trade mission led by Prince Philippe of Belgium to  India and aimed to introduce the most important players in the Indian  diamond trade to their counterparts from Belgium.\n\nDuring his welcome speech, AWDC CEO Freddy J Hanard said, “There is  no better way to do business than face-to-face and that is why we  organise these diamond days. It is a unique chance for you to meet with  the key players of the Indian and Antwerp diamond industry. We had  already done Antwerp diamond days in Singapore, shanghai, Jakarta, South   Africa and Botswana. We are proud that Mumbai with the Antwerp  representatives and more than 100 companies is added to that list.” He  further cited the long bi-lateral relationship between India and Belgium  diamond industries and emphasised on understanding the importance of  the Indian market. Around 80 percent in terms of carat and 65 percent in  value terms of rough traded in Antwerp find their way to India. He also  stressed on the need to change in current economic scenario “We have to  reinvent ourselves and look at what our challenges in the future are.  It is only then we can acquire businesses, market share or protect what  we have,” he said\n','','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision','','','2010-05-18 11:41:59','2010-05-18 11:41:59','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision',0,'revision','',0),(468,1,'2010-05-18 11:47:53','2010-05-18 11:47:53','(WDC announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\n\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\n\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\n\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\n','Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-6','','','2010-05-18 11:47:53','2010-05-18 11:47:53','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(464,1,'2010-05-18 11:42:31','2010-05-18 11:42:31','<a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Antwerp</strong><strong> Diamond Day held in Mumbai </strong></a>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_316\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 410px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock1.jpg\"><img title=\"awester-diamond-day_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" /></a></dt> <dd>Awester diamond day in Mumbai</dd> </dl></div>\nThe<strong> Antwerp World Diamond Centre </strong>(AWDC) hosted the latest edition of  its popular workshop and networking event “Antwerp Diamond Day” at the  Leela Kempinski hotel in Mumbai on March 25th 2010. The event was a part  of the economic trade mission led by Prince Philippe of Belgium to  India and aimed to introduce the most important players in the Indian  diamond trade to their counterparts from Belgium.\n\nDuring his welcome speech, AWDC CEO Freddy J Hanard said, “There is  no better way to do business than face-to-face and that is why we  organise these diamond days. It is a unique chance for you to meet with  the key players of the Indian and Antwerp diamond industry. We had  already done Antwerp diamond days in Singapore, shanghai, Jakarta, South   Africa and Botswana. We are proud that Mumbai with the Antwerp  representatives and more than 100 companies is added to that list.” He  further cited the long bi-lateral relationship between India and Belgium  diamond industries and emphasised on understanding the importance of  the Indian market. Around 80 percent in terms of carat and 65 percent in  value terms of rough traded in Antwerp find their way to India. He also  stressed on the need to change in current economic scenario “We have to  reinvent ourselves and look at what our challenges in the future are.  It is only then we can acquire businesses, market share or protect what  we have,” he said\n','Diamond Day Held in Mumbai','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-2','','','2010-05-18 11:42:31','2010-05-18 11:42:31','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(465,1,'2010-05-18 11:42:53','2010-05-18 11:42:53','<a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Antwerp</strong><strong> Diamond Day held in Mumbai </strong></a>\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_316\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 410px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock1.jpg\"><img title=\"awester-diamond-day_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/awester-diamond-day_biggstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" /></a></dt> <dd>Awester diamond day in Mumbai</dd> </dl></div>\r\nThe<strong> Antwerp World Diamond Centre </strong>(AWDC) hosted the latest edition of  its popular workshop and networking event “Antwerp Diamond Day” at the  Leela Kempinski hotel in Mumbai on March 25th 2010. The event was a part  of the economic trade mission led by Prince Philippe of Belgium to  India and aimed to introduce the most important players in the Indian  diamond trade to their counterparts from Belgium.\r\n\r\nDuring his welcome speech, AWDC CEO Freddy J Hanard said, “There is  no better way to do business than face-to-face and that is why we  organise these diamond days. It is a unique chance for you to meet with  the key players of the Indian and Antwerp diamond industry. We had  already done Antwerp diamond days in Singapore, shanghai, Jakarta, South   Africa and Botswana. We are proud that Mumbai with the Antwerp  representatives and more than 100 companies is added to that list.” He  further cited the long bi-lateral relationship between India and Belgium  diamond industries and emphasised on understanding the importance of  the Indian market. Around 80 percent in terms of carat and 65 percent in  value terms of rough traded in Antwerp find their way to India. He also  stressed on the need to change in current economic scenario “We have to  reinvent ourselves and look at what our challenges in the future are.  It is only then we can acquire businesses, market share or protect what  we have,” he said\r\n','Diamond Day Held in Mumbai','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-3','','','2010-05-18 11:42:53','2010-05-18 11:42:53','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(466,1,'2010-05-18 11:46:30','2010-05-18 11:46:30','(WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman  Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-4','','','2010-05-18 11:46:30','2010-05-18 11:46:30','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(467,1,'2010-05-18 11:46:37','2010-05-18 11:46:37','(WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman  Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-5','','','2010-05-18 11:46:37','2010-05-18 11:46:37','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(469,1,'2010-05-18 11:48:00','2010-05-18 11:48:00','WDC announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-7','','','2010-05-18 11:48:00','2010-05-18 11:48:00','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(470,1,'2010-05-18 11:48:06','2010-05-18 11:48:06','WDC announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-8','','','2010-05-18 11:48:06','2010-05-18 11:48:06','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(471,1,'2010-05-18 11:48:09','2010-05-18 11:48:09','WDC announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-9','','','2010-05-18 11:48:09','2010-05-18 11:48:09','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(472,1,'2010-05-18 11:50:20','2010-05-18 11:50:20','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-10','','','2010-05-18 11:50:20','2010-05-18 11:50:20','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(473,1,'2010-05-18 11:50:23','2010-05-18 11:50:23','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-11','','','2010-05-18 11:50:23','2010-05-18 11:50:23','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(474,1,'2010-05-18 11:53:04','2010-05-18 11:53:04','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-12','','','2010-05-18 11:53:04','2010-05-18 11:53:04','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(475,1,'2010-05-18 11:53:18','2010-05-18 11:53:18','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-13','','','2010-05-18 11:53:18','2010-05-18 11:53:18','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-13',0,'revision','',0),(476,1,'2010-05-18 11:53:19','2010-05-18 11:53:19','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-14','','','2010-05-18 11:53:19','2010-05-18 11:53:19','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-14',0,'revision','',0),(477,1,'2010-05-18 11:58:21','2010-05-18 11:58:21','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-15','','','2010-05-18 11:58:21','2010-05-18 11:58:21','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-15',0,'revision','',0),(696,1,'2010-05-26 08:56:38','2010-05-26 08:56:38','','State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock','State run diamond miner alrosa ','inherit','open','open','','state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock','','','2010-05-26 08:56:38','2010-05-26 08:56:38','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(695,1,'2010-05-26 09:32:14','2010-05-26 09:32:14','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a \"People\'s company\"','','publish','open','open','','state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-might-become-a-peoples-company','','','2010-05-26 09:32:14','2010-05-26 09:32:14','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=695',0,'post','',0),(480,1,'2010-05-18 11:58:22','2010-05-18 11:58:22','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-16','','','2010-05-18 11:58:22','2010-05-18 11:58:22','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-16',0,'revision','',0),(481,1,'2010-05-18 12:05:03','2010-05-18 12:05:03','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-17','','','2010-05-18 12:05:03','2010-05-18 12:05:03','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-17',0,'revision','',0),(482,1,'2010-05-18 12:05:11','2010-05-18 12:05:11','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-18','','','2010-05-18 12:05:11','2010-05-18 12:05:11','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-18',0,'revision','',0),(483,1,'2010-05-18 12:06:21','2010-05-18 12:06:21','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-19','','','2010-05-18 12:06:21','2010-05-18 12:06:21','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-19',0,'revision','',0),(484,1,'2010-05-18 11:21:56','2010-05-18 11:21:56','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-9','','','2010-05-18 11:21:56','2010-05-18 11:21:56','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(485,1,'2010-05-18 12:11:05','2010-05-18 12:11:05','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-10','','','2010-05-18 12:11:05','2010-05-18 12:11:05','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(488,1,'2010-05-18 11:33:07','2010-05-18 11:33:07','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-5','','','2010-05-18 11:33:07','2010-05-18 11:33:07','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(489,1,'2010-05-18 11:37:36','2010-05-18 11:37:36','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-5','','','2010-05-18 11:37:36','2010-05-18 11:37:36','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(490,1,'2010-05-18 12:35:30','2010-05-18 12:35:30','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-6','','','2010-05-18 12:35:30','2010-05-18 12:35:30','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(491,1,'2010-05-18 12:36:20','2010-05-18 12:36:20','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-7','','','2010-05-18 12:36:20','2010-05-18 12:36:20','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(1109,1,'2010-06-25 06:19:41','2010-06-25 06:19:41','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\r\n\r\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\r\n\r\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\r\n\r\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\r\n\r\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=34177\" target=\"_blank\" >Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit</a>	\r\n\r\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-autosave','','','2010-06-25 06:19:41','2010-06-25 06:19:41','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(1108,1,'2010-06-25 06:15:45','2010-06-25 06:15:45','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\r\n\r\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\r\n\r\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\r\n\r\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\r\n\r\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=34177\" target=\"_blank\" >Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit</a>	\r\n\r\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-revision-6','','','2010-06-25 06:15:45','2010-06-25 06:15:45','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(1106,1,'2010-06-25 06:15:18','2010-06-25 06:15:18','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\r\n\r\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\r\n\r\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\r\n\r\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\r\n\r\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=34177\" target=\"_blank\" >Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit</a>	\r\n\r\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-revision-4','','','2010-06-25 06:15:18','2010-06-25 06:15:18','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(1107,1,'2010-06-25 06:15:23','2010-06-25 06:15:23','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\r\n\r\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\r\n\r\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\r\n\r\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\r\n\r\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=34177\" target=\"_blank\" >Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit</a>	\r\n\r\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-revision-5','','','2010-06-25 06:15:23','2010-06-25 06:15:23','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(1105,1,'2010-06-25 06:14:49','2010-06-25 06:14:49','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\n\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\n\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\n\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\n\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>	\n\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-revision-3','','','2010-06-25 06:14:49','2010-06-25 06:14:49','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(501,1,'2010-05-18 09:18:54','2010-05-18 09:18:54','<strong><strong>Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea Diamond Fields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with <strong>ENDIAMA</strong> to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J </strong>\r\n\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. 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Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','MINING','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-35','','','2010-05-18 09:18:54','2010-05-18 09:18:54','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-35',0,'revision','',0),(506,1,'2010-05-19 05:54:09','2010-05-19 05:54:09','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. 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Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n','Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-41','','','2010-05-19 05:54:21','2010-05-19 05:54:21','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/348-revision-41',0,'revision','',0),(509,1,'2010-05-19 05:54:22','2010-05-19 05:54:22','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. 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Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. 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IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>','IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M','','inherit','open','open','','511-revision','','','2010-05-19 05:55:51','2010-05-19 05:55:51','',511,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/511-revision',0,'revision','',0),(513,1,'2010-05-19 05:56:02','2010-05-19 05:56:02','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. 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The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea Diamond Fields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with <strong>ENDIAMA</strong> to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>','IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M','','inherit','open','open','','511-revision-3','','','2010-05-19 06:01:17','2010-05-19 06:01:17','',511,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/511-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(515,1,'2010-05-15 05:54:49','2010-05-15 05:54:49','<strong></strong>\r\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. 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Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>\n','Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J ','','inherit','open','open','','515-revision','','','2010-05-19 06:02:36','2010-05-19 06:02:36','',515,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/515-revision',0,'revision','',0),(517,1,'2010-05-14 05:52:29','2010-05-14 05:52:29','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','Trans Hex Receives New License','','publish','open','open','','trans-hex-receives-new-license','','','2010-05-25 05:54:14','2010-05-25 05:54:14','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=517',0,'post','',0),(518,1,'2010-05-19 06:12:22','2010-05-19 06:12:22','<strong> </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. 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The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-autosave','','','2010-06-07 07:00:19','2010-06-07 07:00:19','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/462-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(521,1,'2010-05-19 06:01:19','2010-05-19 06:01:19','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea Diamond Fields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\r\n\r\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with <strong>ENDIAMA</strong> to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>','IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M','','inherit','open','open','','511-revision-4','','','2010-05-19 06:01:19','2010-05-19 06:01:19','',511,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/511-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(522,1,'2010-05-19 06:20:35','2010-05-19 06:20:35','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. 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The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-8','','','2010-05-18 12:37:54','2010-05-18 12:37:54','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(524,1,'2010-05-19 06:22:02','2010-05-19 06:22:02','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. 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