blood diamond definition
Play media. Unsustainable diamond mining in Sierra Leone. Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, converted diamonds, hot diamonds, or war diamonds) is a term used for a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord 's activity.he term is used to highlight the negative consequences of the diamond trade in certain areas, or to label an individual diamond as having come from such an area.