Carbon trade in both types of diamonds exists, the two markets act in dramatically different ways. Unlike precious metals such as gold or platinum, gem diamonds do not trade as a commodity: there is a substantial mark-up in the sale of diamonds, and there is not a very active market for resale of diamonds. Industrial diamonds are valued mostly for their hardness and heat conductivity, with the gemological qualities of clarity and color being mostly irrelevant. About 80% of mined diamonds (equal to about 100 million carats or 20 tonnes annually) are unsuitable for use as gemstones are relegated for industrial
Purity (novel) Reporter quoted Showtime CEO David Nevins as saying that after Craig's commitment to the 25th James Bond movie, the Purity adaptation was still on track. "He's doing "Bond" first and I can't say anything about what I know or don't know about "Bond", [but] It's possible it may not shoot until 2019." Purity (novel) Purity is a novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. His fifth novel, it was published on September 1, 2015, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The novel is composed of six sections that focus on several different characters and tells the tale of Purity "Pip" Tyler and