Aug 5 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup
This week: Is Gucci next brand to sell lab-grown? A shooting at the Mall of America. And people freak out about Kate Middleton's missing engagement...
Postcard From Nantucket: Scenes From Katherine Jetter’s Sparkling Summer
When you don’t have a yacht, you have a yacht rock playlist to make you feel like you’re living an endless, gin-and-tonic-soaked summer at sea...
Sell More by Using These Fun Facts With Clients
Fun facts are pieces of useful information that go beyond nickel knowledge. They are intended as edutainment—stimulating conversation that teaches...
GCAL 8X Cut Grade Now Covers Fancy Shapes
Gem Certification & Assurance Lab (GCAL) has expanded its 8X cut grade to include ovals and princess cuts.
Last year, the lab introduced the...
This Harry Winston Necklace With Rare 38 Carat Diamond Has a Price Tag of $7.5M
Among some of the rarest in the world for their clarity and size, Golconda diamonds (hailing from an Indian mine that is no longer producing) are...
5 Pieces Showcasing the Rise of Zodiac-Inspired Jewelry
Zodiac-inspired jewelry isn't new. In fact, fine jewelers such as Van Cleef & Arpels have offered these celestial gems since the '50s. But...
De Beers CEO “Cautious” About U.S. Demand In 2nd Half
While De Beers—and the jewelry industry as a whole—have enjoyed a strong first half of 2022, the company feels a lot more cautious about the...
This Man Helped to Found the Lab-Grown Diamond Business. Now He’s “Distraught”
In the journalism business, there was once lots of talk about a “pivot to video.” The lab-grown diamond version of that is the “pivot to...
Lucara Diamond Cofounder Lukas Lundin Dies
Lukas H. Lundin (pictured), the cofounder of the Lucara Diamond Co., died in Geneva on Tuesday following a 2-year battle with brain cancer. He was...
This May Be the Largest Pink Diamond Found in 300 Years
A 170-carat pink Type IIa diamond has been unearthed from an Angolan mine—and is what some are calling the largest pink diamond recovered in the...
Behind the Hidden Detail in Fendi’s 1st High Jewelry Collection
The famous Fendi FF first came on the scene in 1965, when the legendary Karl Lagerfeld wanted to find a way to highlight the brand's creativity and...