Diamonds
В4 Diamonds are a symbol of luxury for many people. People _____ VALUE
diamonds as attractive jewellery for around 2,500 years.
The Indians used them to decorate religious icons and it seems the ancient
B5 Chinese their axes a sharp edge using diamonds. GIVE
B6 Diamond is the hardest substance on Earth, that only MEAN
another diamond can be used to cut a diamond.
B7 Diamonds consist of carbon and usually they deep FIND
underground in mines, but you might get lucky and see them on the surface.
B8 Mining_____________ in places like Africa make a lot of money COMPANY
from diamonds.
B9 However, the miners______________ are often quite poor. THEY
BIO The value of a diamond is judged on four criteria._______________ KNOW
as the four Cs: carat (or size), clarity, colour and cut.
Bl1 The diamond ever found was the Cullinan diamond, HEAVY
which was discovered in 1905 and weighed 621 grammes.