Diamond

The UK’s Border Force has warned consumers to be on the lookout for counterfeit products after it discovered 1,530 Pandora charms at UK ports and airports in recent weeks. Ahead of the approaching festive season,...

For someone somewhere there is a large rock in the offing as a Christmas present. Maybe. What is certain is that Harrods, that renowned London department store has unearthed from its vaults a large...

HRD Antwerp is under investigation by a court in Belgium over allegations that it routinely upgraded diamonds, according to the De Tijd newspaper. It says it obtained e-mails, internal procedures, slides, audit reports and filmed...

What a week for the padparadscha. On Sunday night on the red carpet of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, host Kristen Bell sported this luscious pair of mixed fancy-shaped padparadscha and platinum earrings by Lorraine...

London--Gem Diamonds Ltd. was giving extra thanks last week. On Nov. 23, the London-based mining company announced the recovery of a “high quality” 202-carat D color Type IIa diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The...

This 115-carat rough diamond is the latest in a string of big finds this year for London-based miner Gem Diamonds. The mining company said it is a D color, Type IIa stone. London--Mining company Gem...

The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has introduced Light Performance Grading Reports showcasing round brilliant-cut diamonds with exceptional optical qualities. The IGI Light Performance grading system calculates values for each diamond to provide a primary...

UNI Diamonds, a diamond-focused fintech company run by former De Beers exec Mahiar Borhanjoo, reached an agreement with the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to integrate GIA Diamond Origin Reports into all of the...

Russian diamond mining company Alrosa has reported a production of over nine million carats in the third quarter of 2020. This comes alongside a quarter-on-quarter increase in sales to five million carats, marking an approximately...

Rio Tinto yesterday unveiled the 63 diamonds that will constitute the 2018 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, including the largest Vivid Pink diamond that has ever been presented since Argyle launched these tenders in 1984....