I recently watched a movie Blood Diamonds. This movie takes place in Sierra Leone in 1999 during a bloody war. This is a story of a poor Mende farmer who gets caught up in a conflict between an American diamond smuggler and the syndicate that controls local diamond mining, producing what are called "Blood Diamonds," because of their ties to violent, political conflicts. The farmer's son gets kidnapped to become a soldier in the rebellion's child army. The farmer must now team up with the smuggler on an adventure that takes them around through the world's three major centers of the diamond industry. Viewing this portrayal of how blood diamonds are mined. This is why you do not want a blood diamond.
             Those who have never heard of the term "Blood Diamonds" also known as "Conflict Diamonds," which were mined from the regions of Africa that were once torn by war. Many people think this diamond gets it's name from the red color, but actually due to the inhumane ways that the diamond is mined. The story of diamonds in Africa began between December 1866 and February 1867, when a 15-year-old found a transparent stone on his father's farm. Before the discovery of diamonds in South Africa diamonds were scarce and they were highly valued. The production of diamonds increased in the years to come.
             De Beers is one of the first companies to be involved in this mining industry. Over two thirds of the world's diamonds come from this company. It all started, when Cecil Rhodes was attracted to this new idea of mining in Africa. Another immigrant miner named Barney Barnato, also fought to control the same diamond claims as Cecil Rhodes. Soon enough Cecil had bought out Barnoto and had founded De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd.
             In 1947, the famous slogan "A Diamond is Forever" was born. Soon enough De Beers was marketing diamonds all over the world including Euro...