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A paragon is a large, flawless diamond. The title is now used figuratively to denote a model of excellence or perfection of any kind; one having no equal; a perfect embodiment of a concept.
Paragon may also refer to:
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Places [link]
- Paragon, Indiana, a town in the United States
- The Paragon, Singapore, a shopping mall
- Siam Paragon, a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand
- McLaren Technology Centre, formerly called the Paragon Technology Centre
- A housing site at Thames Valley University
- Hull Paragon Interchange, a railway station and transportation complex in Kingston upon Hull, England.
- The Paragon, Bath, a Georgian street in the Walcot area of Bath
Companies [link]
- Paragon China, a British manufacturer of bone china
- Paragon Group of Companies, a British mortgage lender
- Paragon Vision Sciences, a contact lens manufacturer
- Paragon Software, a computer game company founded in 1987
- Paragon Application Systems, a software company in the EFT industry, founded in 1994
- Paragon Software Group
- Paragon Footwear, India's largest footwear company
- Paragon Space Development Corporation
Media and entertainment [link]
- John Paragon, actor, writer, and director
- Paragon (band), a heavy metal band from Germany
- Paragon (Cooper Roth), Marvel Comics superhero
- Paragon (Maya), a fictional character in the video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
- Paragon City, a fictional city in the computer game City of Heroes
- Paragon cymbals are a line of cymbals made by Sabian, designed specifically for drummer Neil Peart
- Paragon is a liveship in the bookseries by Robin Hobb
- Paragon is the name of a 1978 pinball machine made by Bally Manufacturing Corporation
- Paragon is one of the professions available in the PC game Guild Wars Nightfall
Computing [link]
- Paragon SWP, a computer gaming terminal
- Intel Paragon, a series of massively parallel supercomputers
Other [link]
- Paragon CRT, a method of corneal refraction developed by Paragon Vision Sciences
- HMS Paragon, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
- Paragon, a mountain bike in the Gary Fisher Collection
- Paragon, traditional point-size name for a 20-pt font size
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Paragon (diamond)
A paragon is a perfect diamond — flawless and without inclusions. In the 16th century, a mass of twelve carats was sufficient to qualify for this designation, but today the threshold lies at 100 carats.
The largest flawless diamond in the world is known as The Paragon, a D-class gem weighing 137.82 carats, and the tenth largest white diamond in the world. The gem was mined in Brazil and attracted attention for being an exceptional white, flawless stone of great size. The Mayfair-based jeweller Graff Diamonds acquired the stone in Antwerp, cut it into an unusual seven-sided kite shield configuration, and set it in a necklace which separates to both necklace and bracelet lengths. Apart from the main stone, this necklace also contains rare pink, blue, and yellow diamonds, making a total mass of 190.27 carats. The necklace has associations with the end of the millennium and was worn by model Naomi Campbell at a diamond gala held by De Beers and Versace at Syon House in 1999.
Paragon (band)
Paragon is a speed metal/power metal band from Hamburg, Germany.
Biography
Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian (who in many of the band's album booklets is written as Martin Wöbcke when it comes to songwriting-credits). After releasing some demo tapes and a mini-CD, they were able to release an album in 1994, the debut World of Sin. Shortly after this, their record company Blue Merle went bankrupt, and Martin decided to put the band on hiatus.
About two years later, Martin found four new members (Andreas, Jan, Markus, & Claudius) and recorded the album The Final Command. In 1999, Chalice of Steel was released. In 2001, Paragon released Steelbound, engineered and produced by Piet Sielck of Iron Savior. Piet has worked with the band on every album since then.
After the recording of Forgotten Prophecies in early 2007, the band's longtime bass player Jan Bünning quit the band because of "musical differences." Shortly after the band had found a replacement in Dirk Seifert.
