This week: Prada unveils lab-grown diamond collection. Man poses as mannequin to steal jewelry. And a woman marries herself, complete with ring. All below.

 

G7’s Russian diamond ban not expected to start in January

– More on G7 plans from Reuters and Politico

– Antwerp authorities raid Grib Diamonds

– Alrosa looking to sell stake in Angolan mine

– Ukraine deletes SRK from war sponsor list

– The Guardian shows pictures of Russian diamonds cut in India

 

Israel-Hamas war “hits close to home”

– Diamond industry feels effects of war (video)

– Jewish jewelers sell Star of David necklaces

 

Jewelers Mutual’s Zing Report shuts down

 

Edahn Golan: Large diamond grower in India is “teetering”

 

Prada using lab-grown diamonds in new collection

– The first lab-grown “high jewelry” brand is here

 

Analyst: Pandora shift “smells really bad”

 

Charles & Colvard earnings call transcript

– AI summary

 

Adamas One gets delisting warning letter

 

LVMH stock: Is party over for luxury goods?

 

Quiet luxury is a “clever business model”

 

Farfetch faces EU ruling amid “mounting woes”

 

Director of Singapore lab-grown company must pay for missing diamonds

 

Man pleads guilty to diamond smuggling

 

Ex-Googler raises $8 million for pre-owned watch trading platform

 

Other jewelers want to be acquired by Michael Hill

 

The first chapter in Shelia Khama’s Botswana diamond story

 

De Beers hires new CEO of brands division

 

David Prager becomes chair of Natural Diamond Council

 

Jewelers for Children appoints Sara Murphy executive director

 

AWDC board names Isidore Mörsel president

 

David Turgeon joins Fruchtman Marketing

 

Sy Kessler taps new VPs

 

Baribault Jewelers brings on first showroom host

 

Swarovski names new human resources officer

 

GEM Awards to honor Susan Jacques

 

Van Cleef & Arpels going into “unknown territories”

 

Tiffany unveils two “jaw-dropping” vivid yellow diamonds

 

Phillips selling a 20 ct. fancy intense pink diamond

 

Swiss luxury firm adds 7,500 diamonds to Apple devices

 

Camila Morrone to be first “face” of Brilliant Earth

 

Leonardo DiCaprio invests in “sustainable” watch startup

 

“Real Housewife” Tinsley Mortimer’s “enormous” engagement ring

 

Adele shows off “massive” engagement ring

 

Jada Pinkett Smith bought her own engagement ring

 

Camilla wears Queen Elizabeth’s favorite tiara for first time after monarch’s death

 

Marie Antoinette’s downfall was about her jewelry

 

Woman loses, then finds engagement ring in the woods

 

Man searching in carrot field finds ancient jewelry

 

Man poses as mannequin to steal jewelry

 

“Sensational” discovery of Bronze Age jewelry

 

Jewelry offers a way to save kids’ artwork

 

British woman marries herself (complete with ring)

 

Media Watch

Refinery29 writer chose black engagement ring

 

From the Blog

G7 Russian Diamond Ban Unlikely to Start in January

 

From the Podcast     

The Jewelry District, Episode 106: Hedda Schupak, Russian Diamond Sanctions, Grand Seiko

 

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