blood diamond
Sign in to saveAlso known as conflict diamond, converted diamond, hot diamond, war diamond
diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity
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- conflict resource
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- Category:Blood diamonds
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- Blood Diamond
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Encyclopedic overview
Panning for diamonds in Sierra Leone Diamond mining in Sierra Leone Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invasion, terrorism, or warlordism. The term is used to highlight the negative consequences of diamond trade in certain areas, or to label an individual diamond as having come from such an area. Diamonds mined during the 20th- and 21st-century civil wars in Angola, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau have been labeled as such. The terms conflict resource or conflict minerals refer to analogous situations involving other natural resources. Blood diamonds can also be smuggled by organized crime syndicates to be sold on the black market. According to the Kimberley Process, global trade in rough diamonds in 2023 totalled approximately 112 million carats.
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