Golconda

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Nathan Ryder raises livestock and grows vegetables on 10 acres of pasture in Golconda, Illinois, with his wife and three kids.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

Christie’s says the first pink diamonds ever recorded were found in India’s Golconda mines in the 16th century, before others turned up over the centuries in places like Africa, Australia, Brazil and Russia.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Now, Lola learns, Clive, along with Vadis, has launched a new venture called the Golconda, a secretive enterprise run out of an abandoned synagogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

The diamond lenses - cleaved as a pair from a single natural diamond - are thought to be from the mines of Golconda in southern India.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2021

Until one day, when a French diamond trader, during a trip to the Golconda Mines in India, was shown a massive pear-cut diamond.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr