How can we maintain consistent diamond grading standards?
In response to my blog post last week, Don Palmieri, president of the Gem Certification & Assurance Lab (GCAL) wrote in with his view on how to solve the problem of variable lab standards:
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De Beers: global diamond jewelry demand reaches $79B in 2013
Press release – Global demand for diamond jewelry reached a record high of $79 billion in 2013, according to the inaugural “Diamond Insight Report,” published today by the De Beers Group of Companies.
Tiffany & Co. reveals its Masterpieces Collection for fall 2014
The latest collection from Tiffany & Co. marks the debut of a number of modern Tiffany Masterpieces and was created by the brand’s design director, Francesca Amfitheatrof.
The latest big find is a 232-carat white diamond
London – Petra Diamonds has pulled an exceptional 232.08-carat white diamond out of its Cullinan mine in South Africa, the latest in a string of large rough finds this year.
Diamonds at auction, is it all it’s cracked up to be?
The audience in the large space where auctions are held tends to be tense, excited, curious and worried when an exceptional item is on the stand and the auctioneer is soliciting ever-higher bids.
New wave of diamond fever sweeps Canada’s Northwest Territories
Diamond deposits, in the words of one senior geologist, are like pigeons. Where you find one, you’re likely to find an entire flock.
De Beers proves to be a cash cow for Anglo American
When the government of Botswana decided not to take up its preemptive rights to acquire an additional 10 percent stake in De Beers two years ago, they effectively paved the way for Anglo American to lift its shares in the diamond group to 85 percent.
Modest proposal: we need a new diamond grading scale
With the continued concern about different lab standards, maybe it’s time to look at the bigger picture.
Van Cleef & Arpels cast their spell over the French fairytale Peau d’Âne
Rarely has a collection combined so many of the codes specific to the Maison that created it. “Peau d’Âne raconté par Van Cleef & Arpels” is exemplary, using more than a hundred pieces to illustrate, with virtuosity, the spirit of Van Cleef & Arpels. A Maison that we know so well but that never fails […]
What should we call, um, THOSE diamonds?
Harry Levy, president of the London Diamond Bourse and numerous other groups, writes in with the following comments on my post from last week (on July,24) on whether lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds:
August rough market report: declining demand, eroding premiums
The rough diamond sector has had two price drivers in the past couple of months: good demand for polished diamonds accompanied by rising polished prices, and Alrosa’s announcement that it will supply fewer rough goods in the July-September period.
This extremely rare $25.6 million blue diamond may reveal Earth’s origins
An exceptionally rare 12-carat cushion-cut aqua blue diamond, known as the “Blue Moon,” will go on public display in three weeks’ time in Los Angeles, California.