The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion |  | Author: Edward Jay Epstein
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 820652
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 301
ISBN: 0671412892
Dewey Decimal Number: 380.14282
EAN: 9780671412890
ASIN: 0671412892
Publication Date: May 26, 1982
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DeBeers' Unveiling February 2, 2003
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book knocks the legs out of the diamond industry. What appears elegant and elite turns out to be a down and dirty industry, selling tainted, overpriced products. And they've maintained a monopoly during generations of anti-trust measures!This book is very readable and very entertaining. I wrote a report on the subject for a MBA class which got great reviews. I'm inclined to think it was as much for the shocking truths which were revealed as much as my superior writing skills! I'd recommend this book to anyone who has ever considered purchasing a diamond.
An unparallelled insight and history January 3, 1999
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is an unparallelled history on the account of a most treasured mineral which continues to live on only through the de Beerse's famous and clever phrase: "Diamonds are forever." After so many found, cut, polished and rated by the 3 c's, it's stunning one can still be duped into buying a fake. There is a Statue in Antwerp, Belgium, of Lodewijk Van Berken, Go see it! You will understand!
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