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    St. John's Telegram (Newfoundland, Canada)
    November 1, 2004 Monday

    Diamonds are Forever

    by Hebbard, Gary

    In less than a decade, Canada has gone from not producing any diamonds
    to being the third largest producer in the world, behind Bots-wana and
    Russia.

    Diamonds are measured in carats, with the weight of a diamond expressed
    as a fraction of a gram.

    One carat equals 1/5 of a gram. A five-carat diamond, therefore, would
    weigh one gram.

    There are two diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, producing
    between them about 11 million carats per year.

    Two more mines are expected to come on stream in the next few years.

    In October, Pat Thompson of Diamond Design in Churchill Square, St.
    John's, hosted Canadian diamond cutter Chad Snider of A.C.W. Ltd.,
    Yellowknife, who demonstrated his art and answered questions for
    customers and visitors to the store. A.C.W. is one of four
    diamond-cutting factories in the Northwest Territories. Snider was
    hired four years ago and spent three years training with Armenian
    diamond-cutting craftsmen to reach his current level of proficiency.
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