Little Switzerland, the Caribbean’s leading luxury watch and jewelry retailer has launched Engrace Diamonds, an exclusive lab-grown diamond brand Hal Tayler, CEO of Little Switzerland, said, “As an industry leader we felt it was important to not only be the first stores in the Caribbean to offer lab-grown diamonds but to expose and educate our […]

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ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of Lesotho have announced results from the second tender in 2019 of diamonds from the new Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. The parcel of 7,008 carats of rough diamonds sold at tender in Antwerp for a total of US$3.5 million. The tender included prices of up to US$26,000 […]

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A 0.64-carat fancy diamond was found to have a synthetic coating The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced that in its recent examination of a 0.64-carat fancy greyish-greenish-blue cushion modified brilliant-cut diamond, it found a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) layer grown on top of it. The composite was found to be “consisting of a […]

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ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the recovery of a 130-carat gem quality diamond from the Lulo diamond project in Angola. The 130-carat diamond is the 13th +100 carat diamond recovered to date and the second recovered so far in 2019. This recovery, together with the continued recovery of other large special […]

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Sluggish global demand, coupled with the bankruptcy of a few firms, have resulted in large-scale unemployment in the diamond industry in Gujarat, especially in and around Surat Sluggish global demand, coupled with the bankruptcy of a few firms, have resulted in large-scale unemployment in the diamond industry in Gujarat, especially in and around Surat. According […]

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ALROSA Group has launched a new device that can identify natural and synthetic diamonds with a high degree of accuracy and help fight unscrupulous suppliers who mix synthetic stones grown in the laboratory with diamonds of natural origin. The device was unveiled at a meeting of the Public Expert Board at the Assay Chamber of […]

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The Diamond Producers Association (DPA), a global alliance of the leading diamond mining companies, which represents 75% of the world’s diamond production, today released its first independent research report on its members’ impact on local communities, employees and the environment. The report, authored by Trucost and titled The Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact of Large-Scale Diamond […]

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Letlhakane, Botswana—Lucara Diamond Corp. announced last Thursday that it found a 1,758-carat piece of rough at the same mine where it recovered the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona. Discovered over Easter weekend, the huge stone is still being analyzed, but Lucara described it as being “near-gem of variable quality,” meaning it is an industrial diamond with […]

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Surat Diamond Association (SDA) is all set to organise the second Carats Surat Diamond Expo in the city. Carats, is essentially a B2B exhibition that is opening up new roads for the diamond merchants to connect and network, with the big sellers. The jewellers and the manufacturers are always on a lookout for reasonable rates […]

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Lucara Diamond Corp. mined a 1,758-carat diamond at its Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana. One of the largest diamonds in recorded history, the largest diamond recovered in Botswana, and the largest diamond to be mined at Karowe to date, the unbroken 1,758 carat stone was recovered through Lucara’s XRT circuit. Weighing close to 352 grams […]

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