‘The Moon of Baroda’ is going back up on the block
It is a 24-carat yellow diamond with an intriguing back story, and it’s going back up on the auction block this fall.
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Gem diamonds unearths 357-carat brown diamond
Gem Diamonds has recovered a 357-carat light brown rough diamond from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho, which the company says is the highest dollar-per-carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world.
This was the best royal jewelry moment of the decade
Even if one’s not overly interested in the British royal family (guilty as charged), it’s always worthwhile to see the jewels that its millennial members choose to sport at their royal weddings.
De Beers rough diamond sales Cycle 8, 2018
De Beers Group today announced the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for the eighth sales cycle of 2018.
3 predictions for the jewelry business in 2019 and beyond
At the conclusion of last week’s 2018 GIA Symposium, I looked at my laptop and realized I’d taken 23 pages of single-spaced notes starting the moment the three-day event kicked off on Oct. 7.
Five essentials diamond truths
Press release – Long before there was life on Earth, there were diamonds. Most were created one to three billion years ago.
De Beers’ Lightbox brand: early reviews and future plans
De Beers’ first announcement of its lab-grown diamond line set the jewelry world on fire. But the week of the 24th September Lightbox Jewelry debuted, and the world still seems mostly the same.
Alrosa unearths a nearly 29-carat yellow diamond
Alrosa has uncovered its biggest yellow diamond yet this year.
Government supportive of indian G&J industry but national needs come first
The Indian government’s decision to raise the import duty on cut and polished diamonds, semi-processed stones, half cut or broken diamonds and lab-grown stones and processed colored gemstones to 7.5 percent from 5 percent was exactly the type of news the industry on sub-continent could do without.
Here’s what Harry Winston’s new high jewelry looks like
New York City regularly provides jewelry designers with plentiful inspiration, whether it’s the Chrysler building’s art deco spire, the tree-lined cobblestone streets of DUMBO, or even the idea of a cocktail party held at the height of the city’s Bonfire of the Vanities era. But in the case of a jeweler like Harry Winston, when the heartbeat of the brand relies […]
ALROSA September sales of rough and polished diamonds reached $338.7 million
Press release – ALROSA, the world’s largest diamond miner, announces diamond sales results for September and nine months of 2018.
177-Carat diamond among the ‘Stars of the Arctic’
The Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada has yielded three sizable rough diamonds—including one very rare yellow—and Rio Tinto will try to sell them this month.