

Actress Nicole Kidman, dressed in Balenciaga and wearing a L'Wren Scott diamond necklace,arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood.

Rough diamonds during their sorting process are seen at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company in Gaborone.

A diamond encrusted golf ball on display prior to the Moravia Silesia Open golf tournament in Celadna, Czechoslovakia.

A saleswoman displays a 26.62 carat diamond at a shopping centre in South China's Guangxi province. The diamond is valued at 41,200,000 yuan ($5,253,000) and belongs to a Belgian company.

A view of $2 million dollar shoes, made out of Kwait diamonds and designed by Stuart Weitzman, worn by singer Alison Krauss as she arrives for the 76th Academy Awards in Hollywood.

Maggie, a Jack Russell terrier, models a hand-strung necklace with genuine natural diamonds and 18-carat white gold at the Platinum dog boutique in Milan. The firm specialises in luxury products for dogs, with prices for their jewellery starting at 30,000 euros ($36,000). Their clients include Arab princes and British royalty.

Sanda Nyun Han, property administrator at Christie's jewellery department, displays a heart-shaped D flawless diamond weighing 37.01 carats during a preview at Hotel des Bergues in Geneva.

A model wears a diamond necklace by Cartier, estimated at £200,000-250,000 ($412,777- 515,923), which formed part of the collection owned by Anne Moen Bullitt.

A very fine enamel and diamond cocktail watch made by Cartier in 1924 is pictured during a preview at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva. The watch, which was given in the 1930s by the Duchess of York Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon to her personal companion Katta Maclean whom she valued greatly, is expected to reach between $6,000 and $10,000 during an auction sale in Geneva.

A model poses with a platinum handbag studded with 2,182 diamonds totalling 208 carats that costs 200 million yen (US$1.63 million) during a fashion show by jewellery maker Ginza Tanaka in Tokyo.

A model from Christie's in Geneva presents a Spanish Ducal diamond crown to be auctioned.

A woman eyes an 83 carat diamond in Sydney.
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