Welcome to my virtual office! My diamond service specializes in custom made engagement rings, wedding bands and diamond jewellery. 

In 1995 I graduated from the top diamond grading institution in Antwerp, Belgium.
http://www.hrdantwerp.be/content/hrd_antwerpen/video/hrd_antwerp.wmv
Upon returning to my hometown of Victoria, Canada I began a career with diamonds. I started out managing a mall jewellery store then became a sales professional at Birk’s. After moving from Victoria to Vancouver I worked for one of Canada’s largest diamond wholesalers, distributing Canadian diamonds to jewellery stores throughout Vancouver and British Columbia.

Throughout all of those experiences I felt myself wanting to interact with the customers directly, so that I may be able to deliver the straight goods about quality without being under pressure to sell someone else’s diamonds. What I mean by this is that I needed to find a way to use my education about diamond characteristics and trading to help people acquire quality jewellery without any corporate margins! This is why I decided to forge my own path with the
‘Clarity With Integrity Diamond Consultancy!’

I am a private jeweller providing Exceptional quality for Extremely competitive prices.  The first consultation is free so I am Expecting your call!
Sincerely,
Kyle Michael
778-883-7779

A millimeter-sized diamond bullet fired from a linear accelerator could produce nuclear fusion when it collides with a chunk of solid methane, according to a study by Chinese researchers.

Despite the large amount of energy required to accelerate a diamond to 1,000 km/s — about 620 miles per second — the collision produces a net energy gain, according to the team’s simulations.

So far, it’s just a concept that exists in computer simulations only; no physical studies have been conducted. Only the initial impact and ignition have been studied in detail, and the simulations stop at roughly 50 nanoseconds. So no one should be holding their breath for diamond bullets powering Beijing anytime soon.

The system would work by colliding a 1-cubic-millimeter diamond with crystal DT methane, which has better stopping power than other fusion fuels. Most of the bullet’s kinetic energy is transformed into a shock wave, producing high pressure and temperatures.

The collision’s peak energy is 4 petawatts, at a rate of 1.5 petawatts over 40 nanoseconds. That’s four quadrillion watts. About 80 percent of that energy is wasted in the form of scattered neutrons, but the remaining electrons and radiation are enough to heat things up to fusion temperatures, the paper (PDF) says.

The team says their algorithm is not advanced enough to progress much past the ignition phase. But fusion blogs have been abuzz lately, with one writer speculating that the energy would be even greater if the diamond bullet reaches faster speeds.

Diamond Bullet Fired at 1000 Km/S Could Produce Nuclear Fusion, Chinese Researchers Say

The diver who retrieved the champagne said it was an honour to drink it

Divers have found 30 bottles of champagne thought to pre-date the French Revolution on the Baltic seabed.

When they opened one, they found the wine – believed to have been made by Clicquot (now Veuve Clicquot) between 1782 and 1788 – was still in good condition.

The bottle – whose shape indicates it was produced in the 18th Century – has now been sent to France for analysis.

If confirmed, it would be the oldest drinkable champagne in the world.

Diver Christian Ekstrom was exploring a shipwreck on the Baltic seabed when he found the bottles.

‘Sweet taste’

He took one to the surface, where he opened it and tasted it with his colleagues.

“It was fantastic,” he told the Reuters news agency.

“It had a very sweet taste, you could taste oak and it had a very strong tobacco smell. And there were very small bubbles.”

According to records, Clicquot champagne was first produced in 1772 but was laid down for 10 years, the French news agency AFP reported.

Experts think the remaining bottles could fetch high prices at auction

Production was disrupted after the French Revolution in 1789.

The wine found on the seabed was perfectly preserved because of the conditions of dark and cold on the seabed.

If the bottles do come from the 1780s, that would make them around 40 years older than the current record-holder, a bottle of Perrier-Jouet from 1825.

Wine experts estimate each bottle would fetch around 500,000 Swedish kronor (£45,000; $69,000) at auction.

The bottles were found off the coast of Aaland, an autonomous part of Finland. The local authorities will decide what is done with the shipwreck – and the champagne.

\’World\’s oldest champagne\’ found on Baltic seabed

All about my history with diamonds.

5+ years industry experience, and now a member of the Better Business Bureau!