The report, prepared under the leadership of Charles Abouchar, highlights the difficulties of verifying the precise source of each coloured gemstone due to unevenly enforced regulations across different countries. While the industry supports ethical progress, the absence of uniform standards can hinder efforts to create traceable supply chains. While acknowledging the measures that can be […]

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India’s gross exports of cut and polished diamonds dipped significantly below last year’s levels due to the impact of Covid-19, declining by 40.92% during the month of February 2020, according to provisional data released by The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Gold jewellery (plain and studded) exports however registered positive growth in the […]

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India’s gross exports of cut and polished diamonds continued to remain below last year’s levels, declining by 5.67% during the month of January 2020, according to provisional data released by The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Gold jewellery (plain and studded) exports also dropped by 2.96%. During January 2020, cut and polished diamond […]

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Sebastien Leon is a French Los Angeles-based artist and designer. Through his multi-disciplinary work, Sebastien brings to life ethereal physical environments that are at once tangible and familiar, and yet unmistakably abstract. The exhibition plays on how we see colour, for it is impossible for our eyes to simultaneously detect pure green and pure red: […]

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Isabella Yan reports on some of the exclusive highlights from the highly anticipated Bonas gemstone tender, which will take place at Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel from Saturday 14th to Wednesday 18th September 2019 to coincide with the September Hong Kong gem and jewellery show. Bonas, international diamond brokerage firm will offer the most extraordinary […]

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Blade Calcite Although calcite is a common mineral, its presence in this size makes this specimen interesting. Calcite commonly occurs in ‘rhombohedron’ crystal form (a shape with six rhomb-shaped faces), however, here calcite crystals display, so-called, ‘scalenohedron’ form with sharp crystal edges, and hence the name ‘blade’ calcite is given. weight: 90,000 carats origin: USA […]

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While saying that it welcomed the Indian government’s increase in import duty on polished diamonds and coloured gemstones, along with lab-grown diamonds to 7.5 percent and that on jewellery to 20 percent as a means of tackling the country’s current account deficit (CAD), the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said however, that the measure […]

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Think royal, think Rajasthan. And when royalty comes to mind, how can gems and jewels be far behind? Established in 2017, the Museum of Gem and Jewellery, right in the heart of Jaipur – the Pink city. Jaipur makes for a fascinating visit, both for the bedazzling collection and their sheer variety. Jaipur has been […]

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The Provenance Proof Blockchain – the first coloured gemstone blockchain initiated by Gübelin Gem Lab in cooperation with technology provider Everledger – will be launched globally in February 2019. The primary purpose of the Provenance Proof Blockchain is to record all steps of a specific gem along the supply chain as a means to track […]

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