FDG Claims New Laser Treatment First Diamond Group's Diamond Enhancing Laboratories in Tel Aviv recently announced a new laser treatment. The treatment was discovered at the...
Gemmerwocky You say heated, and I say treated. AGTA calls it enhanced, GE calls it processed. Gem identification is becoming a study in semantics. If you take a...
He Said/She Said JCK asked June Wallach, vice president of Consumer Trends at Roper Research, New York City, and Robert Marske, special assistant for the economic...
Countries Approve Rough Certification An international certification system for rough diamonds-the industry's proposed solution to the "conflict diamond" issue-is one step closer. ...
How to Find Economic Census Data Go to www.census.gov. Next to Business, click on Economic Census. Under Geographic Area...
Can System Track ‘Conflict’ Stones? One of the many complexities of the "conflict diamond" issue is tracking not only where diamonds are from but also where they are "laundered." ...
Sightholders Rankled by Questionnaire As part of its new "supplier of choice" initiative, De Beers recently sent out a questionnaire to its sightholders, but many are unhappy about its...