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Women-Owned Brands Our Editors Love

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March is for the girls. This is the month where the weather starts to get a little better, Daylight Savings Time kicks in (woo! more sunshine!), and we get to celebrate the women of the world during Women’s History Month.

There’s still tons of time to celebrate women you know (and even women you don’t) by making a purchase from a woman-owned business this month. We’ve rounded up editor-loved, female-owned small businesses

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A 7-year-old discovers a 2.95-carat diamond while visiting a state park

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A lucky youngster got the birthday gift of a lifetime when he discovered a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond in Arkansas.

The budding gemologist discovered the diamond while celebrating her seventh birthday at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, according to a news release from the park.

Aspen Brown’s September 1 discovery “was the second-largest registered by a park guest this year, topped only by a 3.29-carat brown diamond discovered in March,” said the release.

“Brown was visiting the park with her father and grandmother to celebrate her birthday,” the release reads. “Brown picked up a

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Bleu Royal diamond, a gem at the “top of its class,” sells for nearly $44 million at Christie’s auction

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Geneva — An exceptionally rare blue diamond went under the hammer in Geneva Tuesday, selling for almost $44 million, making it one of the most expensive diamonds ever sold at auction, Christie’s said. Weighing 17.61 carats, the Bleu Royal is the largest internally flawless fancy vivid blue gem ever to appear for sale in auction history.

It was the star lot in a series of luxury sales in Geneva this month, which also featured items from film history including pearls worn by Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando’s self-engraved watch.

The Bleu Royal had been expected to fetch between $35 million

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These £15 Amazon earrings are the perfect Bottega Veneta alternatives

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A number one best seller with over 5,000 shoppers snapping them up in the past month, these stunning earrings are a pair you're going to want to snap up (Pictures: Amazon)

A number one best seller with over 5,000 shoppers snapping them up in the past month, these stunning earrings are a pair you’re going to want to snap up (Pictures: Amazon)

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Looking for that Bottega Veneta look for less? Like, a WHOLE lot less? Eagle eyed Amazon shoppers have you covered with these stunning waterdrop earrings (spoiler, they’re STUNNING).

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Would you say yes to Dh20 engagement ring? Filipinos in UAE join fiery debate – News

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Published: Thu Jan 11 2024, 6:20 PM

Last updated: Fri Jan 12 2024, 8:23 AM

How would you react if someone slipped a twig onto your finger, pledging marriage, devotion, and unwavering commitment — like a scene out of an old movie? In a different take, could you say yes to an engagement ring that would cost as low as Dh20?

When asked the hypothetical question, a colleague’s stunned expression and sorrowful shake of the head spoke volumes. She isn’t alone in her reaction — across social media, many this week are expressing disbelief too.


It all started

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When fake news started a diamond rush in Surat

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Gujarat’s Surat saw a manic situation on Sunday after fake news about a trader throwing diamonds on roads began circulating, leading to a diamond rush in the city’s Mini Bazaar area.

As per a report in The Times of India, rumors began to circulate around 9 am on Sunday, with whispers that an unlikely trader had tossed CVD (a type of lab-grown diamond) gems onto the road after they reportedly plummeted by a staggering price 30%.

Word of this potential windfall quickly spread, prompting a rush of people eager to collect the diamonds. However, it was later

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Jewelery News

Nanaimo jewelry store suffers two break-ins a week apart

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The Gold and Silver Guy suffered a second break-in at the same Nanaimo store, eight days apart.

According to a press release from the Nanaimo Area Public Safety Association, the second smash-and-grab happened in broad daylight, shortly after 5:30 pm Sunday, March 3, when a male suspect with a sledgehammer got out of the passenger side of a red pickup truck, smashed through the store’s front window and went on to shatter two glass display cases. He managed to grab some packaged mint collector coins before he dropped the hammer and left in the direction of Bowen Park, all while

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Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest

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By Mikayla Mace Kelley, University of Arizona

Sept. 27, 2023

A lake in a forest with people on a boat

Price Lake, in the eastern Olympic Mountains, formed when the Saddle Mountain fault impounded a stream and flooded the forest. Lead author Bryan Black and his team of divers collected the samples using an underwater hydraulic chainsaw.
Bryan Black

In February, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Turkey-Syria border, followed by one nearly as large as nine hours later. Shallow faults less than 18 miles beneath the surface buckled and ruptured, causing violent focused quakes that leveled thousands of buildings and killed tens of thousands.

Similar shallow faults ruptured about 1,000

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