Blood diamond
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A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond, converted diamond, hot diamond, or war diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. These terms are particularly used in the context of diamond trading to indicate the negative effects for this sale. These diamonds are mined particularly in Africa [1] where a dominant proportion of the world's diamonds are mined.[2]
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- Wikipedia page - "Blood diamond"
References
- ↑ Conflict Diamonds United Nations Department of Public Information, March 21, 1807, accessed online December 26, 2006
- ↑ "Global Summary 2008 " - Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
