GIA TOWER OF BRILLIANCE
Vistors get a preview of the world's largest crystal octahedron atop the GIA Tower of Brilliance Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002 at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, Calif. The one-ton crystal,, which was unveiled Nov. 10, was was donated to the institute by D. Swarovski & Co. of Austria. It is embedded with thousands of smaller crystals which can be seen for miles along the Southern California coastline when the crystal is lit. (Photo/Denis Poroy, Gemological Institute of America)