The spirit of Anton Leeuwenhoek told me how to make a perfect lens from a diamond of one hundred forty carats.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

She smiled as if she had been asked to inspect diamond jewelry with the aim of purchasing it.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

At the Smithsonian museums, you will find everything from huge dinosaur bones to the Hope diamond, one of the largest in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The Cullinan Diamond Necklace is on view at the Harry Winston Gallery in the National History Museum.

VOA: special.2010.11.12

Diamond says his latest record let people experience the special feelings of Christmas year after year.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

I turned on a strong light under the glass and looked through the diamond lens.

VOA: special.2011.06.25

Though smaller than the Hope Diamond, gemologists say the Cullinan Diamond is just as beautiful.

VOA: special.2010.11.12

For three months after Simon's death, I worked day and night on my diamond lens.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Simon told me he had stolen the diamond from a man in South America.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

"Diamond Eyes" opened at number six on Billboard magazine's top two hundred albums chart.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Simon would call the police. There was only one way to get the diamond.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

On the same evening that the spirit of Leeuwenhoek tells me the secret of the perfect lens, I find the diamond I need to create it.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

But he says there is a lot of happiness and hope in "Diamond Eyes."

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Neil Diamond has sold more than one hundred twenty-five million records during his career.

VOA: special.2011.03.21

He always was concerned about money. For example, he would put on a jeweler's glass to examine the diamond on a wealthy woman he had just met.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

If only I could find a diamond that weighs one hundred forty carats!"

VOA: special.2009.07.18

When he opened it, I saw a large diamond shaped like a rose.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

A pure white light seemed to come from deep inside the diamond.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Leeuwenhoek wrote back: "Find a diamond of one hundred and forty carats.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Now,here is Maurice Joyce with part one of "The Diamond Lens."

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Here is Maurice Joyce with part two of "The Diamond Lens."

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Now the Deftones have completed a different sixth album, "Diamond Eyes."

VOA: special.2010.05.21

All my family's money could not buy a diamond like that.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Here the Deftones perform the title track from "Diamond Eyes."

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Thomas Cullinan sold the uncut diamond to the Transvaal government.

VOA: special.2010.11.12

My mind was as broken as the diamond lens.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

But where could I find a diamond that big?

VOA: special.2009.07.25