A large stone, maybe a carat ... But the hard truth is that years after the term blood diamond breached the public consciousness, there is almost no way to know for sure that you’re buying ...

Despite industry claims, there are few controls to prevent diamond sales from financing violence and abuse around the world.

Anyone who’s seen Blood Diamond or is simply aware of the controversy ... surpassed that mark in the form of the 2,492-carat ...

this stone becomes unsellable.” Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds or dirty diamonds, are stones mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflicts, human rights violations ...