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Trace of Blue. The Belingwe gems are fine quality stones whose price on the world market will probably be higher than that of diamonds per carat of weight. A slight trace of blue in the gems (caused, says Contat, by "a needle-like inclusion of amphibole in the crystalline structure") may make them unique among emeralds. So far, few of the Belingwe gems have reached the jewel marts. The prospectors and the Southern Rhodesian government are aware that the world emerald market is small and extremely sensitive, and therefore will dole out the gems slowly to keep prices high...
...MADE DIAMONDS will be mass-produced in U.S. for first time, ending dependence on South Africa for critical industrial jewels. General Electric Co. has finally perfected process that duplicates color, clarity and hardness of natural diamonds. Price is still higher than natural diamonds ($425 v. $285 per carat), but will be fully competitive next year...
...more slugs of Scotch, gin and beer ("I don't like the stuff, but it keeps me goin' "), and it was time for the second performance. Fats slipped on his four-carat diamond ring, sank a horseshoe-shaped diamond stickpin in a rich new tie. From the stage, the whine of an electric guitar and the bleat of a sax vibrated through the walls; the rock 'n' roll picadors were wearing down the audience. As his handlers hovered, Fats stuffed himself into a fresh, shimmering suit, then stepped daintily out of the dressing room and trotted...
...foods, fireworks and fineries laid out in her honor at every turn, Elizabeth dazzled her hosts with her own rarest jewels, including an emerald tiara intertwined with diamonds formerly owned by the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, wife of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and the famed 26-carat pink diamond from the mines of Tanganyika that was a wedding gift to Elizabeth. Beneath her glittering tiaras, the Queen's smile was invariably radiant. But perhaps the diplomatic device by which Elizabeth most thoroughly endeared herself to the exquisitely gowned ladies of Paris was to accept their curtsies...
...first visitation there, succeeded in slaughtering some 13,000 of his worshipers in the Stockyards' packed International Amphitheater. Appropriately, The Pelvis was got up in an outfit that could embarrass Liberace-a suit of gold lamé and the skin of an unborn calf, plus golden shoes (24-carat coating, claimed his handlers) to match. In an earlier session with dazzled newshounds, Elvis disclosed one of his great personal sorrows: "Ah always wanted sideburns, but Ah cain't grow a mustache...