Sold, via WhatsApp, a $360,000 Diamond Ring
An Italian jeweler in lockdown sold a $360,000 diamond ring - via the messaging service WhatsApp.
The buyer, a wealthy Swiss woman, agreed the sale after seeing the gem on video calls.
The Genoa-based jeweler Gismondi...
Largest Purple-Pink Diamond Could Fetch $38m
The largest purple-pink diamond ever to go under the hammer could fetch as much as $38m.
The "fancy vivid purple-pink internally flawless" 15.81-carat type IIa IF diamond (pictured) is the highlight of a Christie's Hong...
IGI to Assemble World’s First Diamond Coin Commodity
The IGI labs are to start assembling the world's first diamond coins, which are to be traded as a commodity.
Their task will be to inspect and authenticate over 50,000 natural diamonds, seal them into...
Chow Tai Fook and NDC to Promote Mined Diamonds in China
Chow Tai Fook and the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) are to work together to promote mined diamonds in China.
It's the first time the NDC has announced a partnership with a retailer. It describes it...
Opsydia technology advances to secure identity of melee diamonds
The UK-based diamond innovator has collaborated with the Natural Diamond Council on the latest phase of its ASSURE Program for Diamond Verification Instruments
Leading diamond security specialist, Opsydia, has honed its sub-surface laser technology to...
ALROSA reports its March 2021 diamond sales results
April 9, 2021 – ALROSA reports preliminary rough and polished sales results for March 2021.
ALROSA sales of rough and polished diamonds in March totaled $357 million, including proceeds from rough diamond sales of $345...
Petra Unearths High Quality 39.34-carat Blue Diamond At Cullinan
Petra Diamonds recovered a 39.34-carat Type IIb blue diamond of exceptional quality in terms of both its colour and clarity at the celebrated Cullinan mine in South Africa on 1st April. The company plans...
254-carat Diamond Recovered at Letseng
The Letseng mine in Lesotho, has yielded a 254 carat Type II white diamond.
The deposit, owned by London-based Gem Diamonds, is the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world, and last...
After a Difficult Year, the Israeli Diamond Industry Begins 2021 with Positive Figures
Ramat Gan, Israel, April 7, 2021: The Israeli Diamond Industry is showing clear signs of recovery, after the coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll during the past year. Figures for the first quarter of...
Surat Faces Another Exodus of Workers as Covid hits Record High
Diamond manufacturers in Surat fear another exodus of migrant workers, as India suffers a second wave of coronavirus.
The industry was crippled last March when as many as half its 750,000 artisans returned to their...
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