The Kohinoor diamond on the crown atop The Queen Mother’s coffin in 2002. Corbis via Getty Images. Around this time, rumors also started spreading that the famous gem was cursed.

Scientists have found a way to synthesize diamonds from scratch in normal atmospheric pressure, and it can all happen in just 15 minutes.

Diamond experts say if the trade in 'blood diamonds' is to end, then companies will have only one place to look for diamonds where they can be sure of their origin. And that's Canada.

Amid a plummeting stock market, self-driving cars running amok, and Mark Zuckerberg buying a house in Northwest, another sign of end times has arrived in Washington, DC: A diamond, the color of blood.