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Christchurch woman Rebecca Gibbs found an interesting way to signal that her marriage was definitely over – she shot her wedding ring into space. Her now-partner’s brother is a rocket scientist, and is credited with coming up with the idea. Says Gibbs: “I had so much stuff left from our life and wedding I had […]
Read moreToday the New York Times notes that, reflecting the growing importance of the Chinese market, several high-end brands are now incorporating jade in watch dials, and even fashioning it into watch cases.
Read moreThe National Advertising Division (NAD), an offshoot of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, said in a statement issued Aug. 16 that the famed retailer was able to back its claims for the new alloy, which it introduced in February.
Read moreTen diamonds submitted to the GIA’s Hong Kong lab have been identified as CVD-grown synthetics. This news comes shortly after the International Gem Institute’s May alert that 600 synthetic, colourless diamonds were submitted to the IGI’s lab without disclosure. GIA announced in its Gems and Gemology monthly eBrief that the stones appeared comparable to their […]
Read moreThe International Coloured Gemstone Association (ICA) has relocated its international headquarters to Hong Kong. Previously they were in New York. The new ICA headquarters are located in the heart of Hong Kong’s gem and jewellery manufacturing district, and is staffed by both English and Chinese speaking employees under the leadership of Daniel Leung. ICA has […]
Read moreSecurity is tightening at Dubai International Airport as the emirate cracks down on rough-diamond smugglers. Dubai’s diamond market has increased exponentially over the past few years, from US$2 million in 2002 to US$40 billion in 2011. Dubai’s International Airport also continues to grow. In 2011 a record 51 million passengers passed through the airport, a […]
Read moreMost women don’t look at their engagement rings as an investment – at least not in monetary terms – but diamonds represent tangible, portable assets which offer a great opportunity to protect an owner’s wealth. Since 2009 the price of diamonds has been on the rise, and while cynics may point to this trend as […]
Read moreWhite Pine Trading LLC, a company specialising in recycled diamonds, is holding the first ever industry-wide private diamond sales event in New York City. White Pine buys recycled, chipped, polished diamonds of all sizes and grades, either loose or in second-hand diamond jewellery. It re-polishes chipped, damaged or poorly-cut diamonds, which it then either uses […]
Read moreThe Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum (HODM), located in the diamond exchange district of Ramat Gan in Israel, has turned to ‘jewels of faith’ for its latest exhibition, Chains of Silver, which opened this week. The exhibition contains more than 70 silver Judaica pieces created by Israeli artists Samuel Mauriciu and Itzhak Luvaton. Among the items […]
Read moreThe World Diamond Council (WDC) will honour Nicky Oppenheimer, the chair of the De Beers Group, at its upcoming annual general meeting in Vincenza, Italy. Oppenheimer is being recognised for his contribution to the diamond industry’s effort to eradicate the trade in conflict diamonds. According to Eli Izhakoff, the president of the WDC, “It is […]
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