Hit TV Show Promotes Natural Diamonds

Hit TV Show Promotes Natural Diamonds

Made In Heaven, the hit TV show about a pair of Indian wedding planners, is promoting natural diamonds. Stars of the second series of the romantic drama are wearing jewelry from six brands in a...
Beyonce's $1m Real Diamond Dress

Beyonce’s $1m Real Diamond Dress

This is Beyonce wearing the diamond dress that reportedly cost $1m. There was widespread speculation - is it or isn't actually made of diamonds? - when she first wore it last month in Toronto, on...
Petra Optimistic after $79m Rough Sales

Petra Optimistic after $79m Rough Sales

Petra sold $79.3m of rough this month, after cancelling its last tender because of weak demand. The UK-based miner today said it sold a total of 696,000 carats, including 75,900 carats that were unsold at...
Yet Another Huge Diamond Recovered at Karowe

Yet Another Huge Diamond Recovered at Karowe

Lucara has announced another huge diamond - a 692.3-ct Type IIa high white gem - just two weeks after the recovery of a 1,080-ct stone. Both are from the Karowe mine, in Botswana, which the...
World's Priciest Barbie, with a One-Carat Pink Diamond

World’s Priciest Barbie, with a One-Carat Pink Diamond

This is the world's most expensive Barbie, in a strapless black evening dress and a one-carat pink diamond. She sold for $302,500 at Christie's New York, in October 2010, more than a decade before the...
Blocks $26m of India Diamond Payments to Russia

US “Blocks $26m of India Diamond Payments to Russia”

The US has reportedly blocked $26m of payments made by Indian businesses attempting to buy rough diamonds from Russia. OFAC, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, is said to have instructed banks in recent months...
SEC Charges Crypto Boss over $4.3m Black Diamond

SEC Charges Crypto Boss over $4.3m Black Diamond

Crypto boss Richard Heart has been accused of defrauding investors to buy The Enigma, the world's largest black natural color diamond - a 555.55-ct carbonado - for $4.3m. The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) in...
De Beers Deal will make Botswana "Global Capital of Diamonds"

De Beers Deal will make Botswana “Global Capital of Diamonds”

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi says the new De Beers deal will make his country "truly the global capital of diamonds for the first time". In an interview with Bloomberg TV he welcomed the sales and...
Polished Prices in China Stable, Despite Rough Collapse

Polished Prices in China Stable, Despite Rough Collapse

The retail price of polished diamonds in China has remained stable over the last six months, despite a collapse in the rough market. That's according to an informal survey of salespeople at major jewelry stores...
Israel's Rough Diamond Trade Halved by Slowdown

Israel’s Rough Diamond Trade Halved by Slowdown

Israel's trade in rough diamonds has halved during the first half of this year, according to new government figures. Net imports were down 45 per cent compared with H1 2022 to $555m and net exports...

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