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When De Beers first started actively mining in the late 1800's, they had heavy competition. By forming the De Beers cartel, they were able to control the release of diamonds into circulation. De Beers began to use the controlled scarcity of its diamonds as the center of its advertising campaigns.

There are two types of jewelry manufacturing: mass market and custom. In both cases the manufacturing of jewelry requires the development of a very detailed set of instructions for jewelry making. The process typically starts with a craftsman developing the prototype jewelry piece. Then the ring, necklace, bracelet or other trinket must be approved both from a beauty and sales standpoint and an assessment made of its manufacturability. It is after this point where the process...

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There are several elements which go into designing fabric which are easy to determine. First, the proper fiber content of the yarn for the project being considered. For instance, you wouldn�t necessarily choose a fine silk yarn for a washcloth or rug, or a scratchy synthetic yarn for a delicate blouse fabric.

It seems to you you've spent half your life waiting to see Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, "Mona Lisa" in person. You have read virtually every book and article about the mystique surrounding the work. You saw "The da Vinci Code" thirty times, which is probably a world record. On several occasions, you have burnt the midnight oil studying reprints of the artwork. Now here you are -- in Paris' Louvre Museum, standing in front of one of the world's most famous artworks! Your ...

Derek’s Gold Mastery Guide is the latest guide to gold farming in World of Warcraft and it definitely packs a wallop, offering plenty bang for the buck. Like a masterful secret agent, Derek insinuated himself into a guild full of Chinese gold farmers and then mined all their secrets for farming gold quickly, as well as keeping tabs on their auctions to see what kind of items they were selling off in the auction house.

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