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A conversation with the minerals and mining minister of an African diamond-producing company a couple of months ago really served to highlight the point at which beneficiation has arrived. And I am not sure that road traveled so far is particularly impressive.
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, and the Italian Exhibition Group, will present a seminar to provide members of the jewelry trade with background on new EU legislation to regulate minerals from conflict areas and its impact.
For years the diamond industry’s outward attitude to lab-grown goods was that these stones were some sort of fake. Even the nickname given them expresses that disdain – “synthetics.”
The World Diamond Council (WDC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the Central African Republic (CAR), supporting its efforts in preventing trading in conflict diamonds originating from CAR
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) doesn’t usually declare itself stumped, but a recent discovery of a flaw in a synthetic diamond that’s almost always associated with natural stones left scientists scratching their heads.
What business does a gemological laboratory have telling stories about diamonds? That was the unspoken question Matt Crimmin had to answer in his presentations at JCK Las Vegas earlier this month.
The GIA will demonstrate and take pre-orders for its new iD100™ testing device at the June 22-25 Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair following what it said was a successful debut of the instrument at the JCK Las Vegas show in early June.
The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research just introduced what it says is the first screening device for man-made diamonds that can test multiple stones in set jewelry at once.
This week, James Allen and Dominion Diamond Corp. signed a deal that will give the e-tailer online exclusivity for Dominion’s CanadaMark brand.
Gemological Institute of America is unveiling a new service that tracks the origin of select polished diamonds—and provides the retailer with a new way to tell a stone’s story.
Seminar at JCK Will Help Retailers Convey Diamonds Do Good Message In Store.
De Beers Group today announced its Forevermark diamond brand has inscribed its two millionth diamond. The diamond is a 3.48-carat round brilliant and bears the unique inscription of ‘2,000,000’.