Natural Green Diamonds Meet Platinum in Rare Colors’ Extraordinary Elara Set

Of all the ways lab-grown diamonds have influenced the market for natural diamonds, the most interesting may be the effect they’ve had on natural...

Lab-Grown Diamond War of Words Echoes Through the Kremlin

Debate is raging across the world—not just the Anglosphere—over diamond nomenclature. For those interested in gemological geopolitics, the war of...

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...

Sotheby’s Geneva Sale Led by 8.63-Ct. Pink Diamond That Could Fetch $6M

An unmounted 8.63 ct. fancy intense pink diamond will lead a Sotheby's High Jewelry sale at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva on Nov. 11. It's...

8.41-Ct. Pink Diamond to Lead Christie’s Hong Kong Auction

An 8.41 ct. fancy vivid purple-pink diamond will headline Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction on Nov. 24, part of the auction house’s...

Diamond Producers Council Calls CIBJO’s “Synthetic” Mandate “Biased and Deceptive”

Lab-grown diamond advocates the Diamond Producers Council said it rejects the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) recommendation that jewelers use...

With $73 Million in Hand, Botswana Starts Showing Its Receipts

For the past year, Botswana has been telling diamond buyers, especially younger ones, that their purchases do good. On Wednesday, it got a major line...

Dubai Diamond Conference to Push Natural Diamond Industry Toward ‘Strategic Reset’

Dubai Diamond Conference organizers say they want the event to be a catalyst for an industry-wide reset where producers to traders to retailers come...

Playful Luxury, De Beers, Diamond Supply: ‘The Jewelry District’

Victoria Gomelsky and Rob Bates talk about what Victoria has been up to in her travels, from an artful Hermès event and JIS Fall in Miami Beach to...

24-Carat Bulgari Pink Diamond Ring Could Fetch $18M at Christie’s

Christie's will offer a 24-ct. pink diamond ring by Bulgari at its Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva on Nov. 10. The estimate is approximately 10...

GIA to Add Fluorescence Comments to Diamond Reports

For decades, GIA’s research has said blue fluorescence rarely hurts a diamond’s appearance—implying that, in fact, it may be optically more...