The R&M “Lettre”

For a while there, a marquise-cut diamond ring smacked of dated 1980s style. It was basically the gemstone equivalent of a mullet.

Forevermark will change its name to De Beers Forevermark, enabling the retail brand to capitalize on the miner’s reputation and sustainability efforts, a spokesperson confirmed to Rapaport News [the week of Mai 10].

Just about everyone in the jewelry trade—as opposed to just about everyone in the consumer media—agrees that Pandora’s decision to stop carrying natural diamonds and launch a lab-grown line was no big deal.

Press release – ALROSA reports preliminary rough and polished sales results for April 2021.

Press release – De Beers Group announced [Mai 19] the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for the fourth sales cycle of 2021.

Israeli bank financing of the diamond industry was cut by 33% in 2020, falling below $500 million for the first time in 30 years. The decline reflected shrinking activity in 2020 and a decline in reliance on bank financing. But mostly, it reflects banks’ balking at dealing with the complications of working with diamond firms.

The editors, retailers, and trend watchers who make up the Natural Diamond Council’s Style Collective have spoken: This fall, diamond jewelry will be bold, edgy, androgynous—and perfectly in tune with the buoyant mood we’re all expecting as vaccine rollout helps propel us into a post-pandemic world.

The Tiffany & Co. Maison has just unveiled its new high jewelry collection, the Blue Book 2021, to the public. Entitled “Colors of Nature”, the collection draws inspiration from Jean Schlumberger and celebrates Earth, Land, Sea and Sky in 128 very colorful pieces. The diamonds and gems thus represent natural elements that are transformed into […]

Gem Diamonds has unearthed a 254-carat rough stone in Lesotho, marking a return to high-value discoveries following a lull.

Health concerns aside, the diamond trade is in better shape than it was a year ago. In fact, the market dynamic is arguably healthier than it has been at any point in the past decade. That’s increasingly evident as polished prices continue to firm.

As the Roaring 2020s kick off in earnest this year (last year, with its quarantines and lockdowns, wasn’t even a dress rehearsal), the art deco revival that we saw coming last fall is currently in full swing. And so are the geometric silhouettes we associate with the era.

Prices of fancy-color diamonds increased in the first quarter as the American market showed renewed demand for high-end products, according to the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF).