What is the meaning of carat? Apart from not being a vegetable, the word carat has two distinct meanings. In relation to gold, carat refers to the purity of the metal e.g. 24 carat (pure gold) or 18 carat...
The release of The Blood Diamond film will heighten awareness of the real issues of 'conflict diamonds' The term conflict or ‘blood’ diamonds, as they are sometimes called, refers to alluvial diamonds found in...